To all the veterans who served, thank you.
And to my @hermeuscorp veteran brothers and sisters, it's an honor to continue serving alongside you.
And to my @hermeuscorp veteran brothers and sisters, it's an honor to continue serving alongside you.
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Nothing to see here folks. Move along, please.
Thank yewwwwwww
Thank yewwwwwww
New Report: More Than 1 Million F-35 Spare Parts Remain Missing
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Zach Shore retweeted
New Report: More Than 1 Million F-35 Spare Parts Remain Missing
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There’s a method to our madness at @hermeuscorp.
Two years ago, we hadn’t flown an aircraft. Today, we’ve broken the sound barrier and our sights are set on Mach 2+.
Two years ago, we hadn’t flown an aircraft. Today, we’ve broken the sound barrier and our sights are set on Mach 2+.
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We build planes. We fly planes. We win.
This year’s AD 50 is about production.
Not just for our military, but for America. We are entering a moment when the “American Manufacturing Asset Class” must flourish.
The same capacity that arms the country also creates skilled jobs, revitalizes communities, and makes the ergy, housing, and everyday goods more resilient.
There is no scaled defense industrial base without a strong industrial base.
@espricewright @VirtualElena @a16z
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Awesome hosting @ashleevance and team at space port! Can’t wait for the video to drop next!!!
A couple of months back, we went to Spaceport America in New Mexico to see a new plane go supersonic.
The plane belongs to @hermeuscorp, which is buidling autonomous supersonic and hypersonic fighter jets. It's trying to prove that the US can make, test and fly jets quickly. If would be a huge leap forward for the Defense Department, which has seen its combat aircraft hopes and dreams languish.
In this Core Memory podcast, we sit down with @Zsshore and @AJ_Piplica to discuss our history building planes, what has plagued jet makers and the possible path forward.
You know what's as fast as a fighter jet? Doing your expenses when you're on @brexhq. See what I did there? Thanks so much to Brex for making this pod possible. #brexpartner
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:39 Supersonic With Nobody Aboard
00:06:21 Building an Aircraft Company
00:17:02 From Turbines to Ramjets
00:22:18 The Unmanned Bomb Truck
00:30:25 Will Passengers Fly Hypersonic?
00:31:56 America's Flight Testing Bottleneck
00:40:08 Who Actually Flies It?
00:45:12 Rebuilding the Skunk Works
00:47:06 China and America's Aerospace Bet
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Meet our next Quarterhorse: Mk 2.2.
Powered by an upgraded propulsion system with new avionics, spike inlet, and additional fuel capacity, our most capable aircraft yet is moving into its flight campaign to Mach 2+.
The future belongs to those who build it - faster and faster.
Powered by an upgraded propulsion system with new avionics, spike inlet, and additional fuel capacity, our most capable aircraft yet is moving into its flight campaign to Mach 2+.
The future belongs to those who build it - faster and faster.
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The lessons from Ukraine cannot and should not be the lessons for the pacific.
What can't drones do in the Pacific?
"Cheap standoff weapons have three primary shortfalls. First, the sheer volume of weapons required to achieve a desired effect is, paradoxically, prohibitively expensive unless they are employed in tandem with other capabilities. Second, even extended-range attack drones cannot reach targets deep inside China. And third, these weapons will not have the capability to destroy hardened or buried targets.
New report from @StaciePettyjohn and @PhilSheers:
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Stealth is getting more expensive every year. @hermeuscorp is betting speed can do the job cheaper.
They went supersonic in May, and next year they’re aiming for Mach 3.
Two years after our first episode, S3 went back to New Mexico and Atlanta to catch up with the team.
They went supersonic in May, and next year they’re aiming for Mach 3.
Two years after our first episode, S3 went back to New Mexico and Atlanta to catch up with the team.
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Don't take my word for it - here is Maj Gen Joe Solo Kunkel, Military Deputy Director at Defense Innovation Unit (DIU):
"When I talk to groups about Hermeus, they’re doing stuff that is unheard of in the aviation industry. On their first flight, they flew with the gear down—yeah, that makes sense. On the second flight, they put the gear up. That doesn’t make sense on the second flight. On the third flight, they went Mach 1.2. On the fourth flight, they went Mach 1.6. On the fifth flight, they dropped a weapon,” Kunkel said. “These things are all completely unheard of, but I think they’re the benefits of doing your own research and development and using private capital to fund that...and [we're] in contract negotiations right now for [additional DIU funding].”
Shoutout to @OwenWest91 , Maj Gen Joe Solo Kunkel ,and @DIU_x... our pace is not possible without your partnership.
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"When I talk to groups about Hermeus, they’re doing stuff that is unheard of in the aviation industry. On their first flight, they flew with the gear down—yeah, that makes sense. On the second flight, they put the gear up. That doesn’t make sense on the second flight. On the third flight, they went Mach 1.2. On the fourth flight, they went Mach 1.6. On the fifth flight, they dropped a weapon,” Kunkel said. “These things are all completely unheard of, but I think they’re the benefits of doing your own research and development and using private capital to fund that...and [we're] in contract negotiations right now for [additional DIU funding].”
Shoutout to @OwenWest91 , Maj Gen Joe Solo Kunkel ,and @DIU_x... our pace is not possible without your partnership.
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Pratt & Whitney has licensed another American company to build its F100 fighter jet engines for the first time in history.
That company is @hermeuscorp.
Domestic propulsion has hit a massive supply crunch, and engine availability was the single biggest bottleneck looming over scalogram.
By bringing production in-house, Hermeus becomes the first vertically integrated airframer manufacturing both airframes and engines, all while injecting critical engine capacity back into the defense industrial base.
That company is @hermeuscorp.
Domestic propulsion has hit a massive supply crunch, and engine availability was the single biggest bottleneck looming over scalogram.
By bringing production in-house, Hermeus becomes the first vertically integrated airframer manufacturing both airframes and engines, all while injecting critical engine capacity back into the defense industrial base.
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I was a senior in high school in 3rd period when the first aircraft hit the North Tower.
This terror attack (get bent if you want to argue it was anything else) is what led me to join the Marine Corps.
I would do it again in a heart beat. The United States of America is the greatest nation on earth.
This terror attack (get bent if you want to argue it was anything else) is what led me to join the Marine Corps.
I would do it again in a heart beat. The United States of America is the greatest nation on earth.
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America didn’t lose ground in high-speed flight because of a lack of ideas. We slowed down because flight tests became too expensive, too rare, and too cautious.
Meet Ramjet-X. Air-launched from the Quarterhorse program, it’s a low-cost, repeatable test vehicle built to fly and cally low costs and high cadence.
This is how America wins: test faster, fail cheaper, and put hardware in the air every single week.
Meet Ramjet-X. Air-launched from the Quarterhorse program, it’s a low-cost, repeatable test vehicle built to fly and cally low costs and high cadence.
This is how America wins: test faster, fail cheaper, and put hardware in the air every single week.
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Full-circle moment.
I spent years at @anduriltech helping build Lattice.
Now we’re making moves to deploy it with Quarterhorse and give even more capability and control to the American warfighter.
Autonomy fundamentally changes what aircraft can do. Pair it with high-Mach lities are limitless.
We're going faster.
Read more here: hermeus.com/article/anduri…
I spent years at @anduriltech helping build Lattice.
Now we’re making moves to deploy it with Quarterhorse and give even more capability and control to the American warfighter.
Autonomy fundamentally changes what aircraft can do. Pair it with high-Mach lities are limitless.
We're going faster.
Read more here: hermeus.com/article/anduri…
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The sad truth is this is what happens when the research and academic community maintains a monopoly on defining the future technical roadmaps for war-fighting.
This may be the LEAST surprising uno reverse moment ever. Fml.
I guess we’ll do it again guys…
This may be the LEAST surprising uno reverse moment ever. Fml.
I guess we’ll do it again guys…
Navy Sounds Like It Now Wants The Air Combat Drone It Notoriously Passed Over A Decade Ago
A carrier drone with a heavy weapons capacity, long reach, and the ability to operate in heavily contested airspace is just what the junked X-47B was designed to offer.
(yes I have been waiting to write this for ten fucking years.)
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