Quarterhorse Mk 2 will be the world’s first high-Mach autonomous aircraft. About the size of an F-16, it features a variable inlet, delta wing, and is powered by a pre-cooled Pratt & Whitney F100 engine. Coming Summer 2025. One aircraft per year.

Honored to host X-35 test pilot Art "Turbo" Tomassetti onto the podcast. This episode we discuss flight test 101, X-planes, groundbreaking missions, autonomous flight, and much more: youtu.be/fRMrhqqEFnE

Embrace audacity. Great clip from Alex Hollings’s latest video comparing our mission to the audacious challenges Kelly Johnson and Skunk Works had when fielding some of their most iconic aircraft. Full video from his Sandboxx Air Power series ➡️ youtu.be/egCRc9fSaT8?si…

Thanks for stopping by the factory Jason Carman

Today we remember the lives of those who have given theirs for our country. We honor your service and sacrifice for our freedom.

Hands on hardware. That's life at Hermeus. Check out our open roles: hermeus.com/careers.

An exclusive from Pirate Wires – our CEO AJ Piplica shares how Hermeus and startups can leverage asymmetry as a strategy for winning. Plus some never heard before stories from the early days at Hermeus ⬇️

Shipping our first airplane Hermeus - Quarterhorse Mk 1 is out the door to begin taxi testing Design-build-integration: 204 days Integrated testing: 69 days Let's go 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Check out Simon Whistler's thorough deep dive on Quarterhorse highlighting our rapid, iterative approach of building one aircraft per year on our mission to surpass the SR-71's speed record: youtu.be/hgNjLLNirRo?si….

Structures engineers – come design and build the world's fastest airplanes with us. Check out our open roles: jobs.lever.co/hermeus?depart….

Our march towards first flight continues. Quarterhorse Mk 1 just completed engine testing which included runs at max afterburner. Not too much to see due to the daylight sun, but turn on audio to hear the engine roar 🔊

Hear from SR-71 pilot Robert Behler on the 5 major innovations that made the aircraft possible. These are the types of challenges that excite us at Hermeus – we’re looking for Structures Engineers who feel the same and are eager to innovate and see their designs rapidly come to

We love this clip of Halcyon, our future hypersonic passenger aircraft, flying alongside the famous XB-70 Valkyrie. Great animation and explanation of how folding wingtips work from the team at Real Engineering. Check out the entire documentary ➡️ youtu.be/UyKtxsdI0z8?si…

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Sun sets on another day of test as we march towards first flight

We’re getting a lot of reps in taxi testing Quarterhorse Mk 1. These repeated runs allow us to gather data on all integrated systems – from the Flight Deck, to the vehicle, to ground support equipment, and air traffic coordination. Medium and high speed taxi runs up next, then

Quarterhorse Mk 1 wrapped low speed taxi testing this week. Since completing the first full throttle, max afterburner engine runs in late June, we’ve been knocking out test points as the vehicle continues to mature and our testing cadence accelerates. The melding of vehicle