USAF decides to invest in hypersonic startup Hermeus
Hypersonic startup Hermeus has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to develop its Mach 5 aircraft.
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With this Other Transaction For Prototype Agreement Direct to Phase II contract, the Atlanta-based company will rapidly assess modifications to the Hermeus Mach 5 aircraft to support the Presidential and Executive Airlift fleet.
The company had tested its turbine-based combined cycle engine to Mach 4-5 conditions in Feburary. It only took 9 months to design from scratch, built and test the engine.
The feat was possible as the team had taken a off-the-shelf gas turbine engine and integrate it with the company’s pre-cooler technology.
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