We just held a ‘State of the Company’ event where the founders highlighted wins from the past year and laid out our roadmap for the future. Here are some key takeaways from the event ⤵️
The year started strong with a $100 million series B funding round. We've grown our world class team to nearly 100 employees and massively built out our facilities to support our manufacturing capabilities.
Dec 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Last weekend Hermeus participated in the @ReaganInstitute’s Reagan National Defense Forum #RNDF
As a company developing dual-use hypersonic aircraft it was an honor to join this dynamic conversation among senior civilian and uniformed leaders, members of Congress, and industry.
Here are some impressions:
As the challenge posed by China intensifies, DoD is more serious than ever about working with startups. At #RNDF, DoD leaders – starting with @SecDef Austin – recognized the need to “create a true innovation ecosystem.”
Nov 17, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
We just completed a major hypersonic milestone – turbojet to ramjet mode transition!
What’s exactly happening?
At low speeds our engine is in turbojet mode – but that only gets us to around Mach 3.
We then transition to ramjet mode which is optimal for Mach 3-5.
