AJ Piplica
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Dad, Founder + CEO @HermeusCorp Entrepreneur, Business Leader, Aerospace Engineer. Lightning, Tottenham and ATL UTD supporter.
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Oh by the way - We designed and build this airplane - from scratch, like literally napkin to airplane - in 204 days. Let that sink in. 204 days. The standard here is about 1,400 days - 3.5 years. We missed the P80 record by 61 days. This is the way.
Mk 1 is our second fully-integrated vehicle built in just the past year. This rate of iteration highlights the new standard Hermeus has set for the pace of aircraft development: One aircraft per year.
Each aircraft in the Quarterhorse program progressively increases in
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Shipping our first airplane
@hermeuscorp
- Quarterhorse Mk 1 is out the door to begin taxi testing
Design-build-integration: 204 days
Integrated testing: 69 days
Let's go 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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We looked at Quarterhorse Mk 2 and said fuck it lets out an F100 in it and rip it. Oh man is this airplane going to blow you away. Mach 2.5+ without breaking a sweat. Operational range. Operational payload. Flying Chimera 2 three years early. LFG 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅
We’re also thrilled to share details on the next iteration of Quarterhorse – Mk 2 – which will feature the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine and fly at supersonic speeds next year.
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The Air Force selecting
@anduriltech
to prototype CCA is the “NASA COTS Moment” of defense tech. Just like NASA leaning in on
@elonmusk
and
@SpaceX
was the in flection point that led to the new order of commercial space we have today, this courageous decision - not just to select
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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
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
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The only way to get a new aircraft into service quickly is by building around a reliable, certified, in-production turbine engine. Welcome to the Hermeus family
@prattandwhitney
! Let’s go!
NEWS: We’ve selected the Pratt & Whitney F100 as the turbine for our hypersonic engine.
Securing a readily available, off-the-shelf engine will save Hermeus billions of dollars in research and development costs and years of schedule.
Full story:
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Dropping the HEAT in FL and expanding the nation’s hypersonic test infrastructure. Engine testing starting later this year and commercial flight test services in 2026.
We’re doing this now. We’re not waiting.
🇺🇸 💪
We’re excited to announce details around our new hypersonic engine and flight test facility in Jacksonville, FL!
Named HEAT (High Enthalpy Air-Breathing Test Facility), this facility will be our largest and most technologically advanced test site to date and become a national
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204 days in 72 seconds
Designing, building, and flying a new aircraft in less than a year – every year.
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There it is. IYKYK
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Years in the making. Excited to take the next step in our work with the DoD
@hermeuscorp
building a bridge across the valley of death and delivering capability our nation desperately needs. Let’s go.
Excited to announce that Hermeus has been awarded a multi-year contract by the
@DIU_x
to mature hypersonic aircraft subsystem and mission system technology.
The contract endorses our iterative, hardware-first approach which will accelerate the development of operational
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March 2024 has been one of the most amazing months for deep tech - massive rockets, cyborgs, a billion dollar defense innovation budget - but it’s not over yet… 👀
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One aircraft per year.
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
@prattandwhitney
F100 engine.
Coming Summer 2025.
One aircraft per year.
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Worth noting this weapon costs $50mm per unit. $50mm… that is not a deterrent. The only asymmetry here is the one emptying our own pockets…
you know what $50mm could buy? A couple really fast airplanes…
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $756M contract for Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) Ground Support Equipment.
This contract for GSE will support the continued testing and fielding of Army LRHW fire units.
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Meet the engine powering Quarterhorse. It’ll break the first airplane speed record in almost 50 years.
Meet Chimera. Our full-scale Mach 5 engine. Chimera is a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine that will take our first aircraft Quarterhorse to 90,000+ ft and speeds exceeding 3,000 mph.
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Huge announcement - congrats to
@anduriltech
selected to prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force
@PalmerLuckey
@traestephens
. Turns out defense tech companies can beat out Lockheed, Boeing, and Northrop on top priority DoD programs. LFG🇺🇸
The
@usairforce
has selected Anduril to design, manufacture, and test production-representative Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
In this era of great power competition, there is no time to waste on business as usual. We look forward to delivering CCAs on schedule, within
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Not quite shaking in their boots but it’s clear the bigs (
@LockheedMartin
in this case) are paying attention to what’s happening in the non-traditional defense world. LFG
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“Growth stage” is a little more fun in the deep tech world
Our first
@prattandwhitney
F100 engine is in the factory!
The engine will be integrated into our enhanced Chimera II turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) propulsion system which will power Darkhorse – our Mach 5 unmanned aircraft. Darkhorse is set to unlock new possibilities in
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Iteration is the way to build fast airplanes fast. Let’s go.
Meet Quarterhorse Mk 0. Our first fully integrated vehicle that will validate various systems from electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, avionics, steering, and propulsion. Mk 0 will not take flight but demonstrate remote command and control during taxiing.
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The future.
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I’m stoked to be hiring my first Chief of Staff. This is a unique opportunity to learn the ins and outs of our business
@hermeuscorp
while bringing massive leverage to our exec team. Most importantly, you’ll grow as a leader.
Apply within.
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Hot take: companies supporting national security should be offered market-profits for their products and services during peacetime and no profits during conflicts. Incentivize deterrent. End conflict quickly.
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There’s so much in this wildly simple set of 11 words.
1) start with things “experts” think are impossible *hint hint* they’re not actually impossible, they’re just hard, they’re perceived harder than they are by most because of structural issues in “the way it’s always been
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(1/6) We had our Sputnik moment in hypersonics years ago - multiple moments in fact. We’re actually in April 1961 - we had just failed 9 of our first 17 Mercury missions while the USSR had put the first person into orbit. We were behind then as we are now.
China's military alarm has been steadily sounding for years. But it's the unurgent targeted audience that's our greater national concern.
#NoTimeToLose
@usairforce
@SpaceForceDoD
@USNavy
@USMC
@USNavy
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Iteration is the key to expanding the frontier.
✅ Crawl
Speed of iteration is the key to winning. Bring it on '24 👀
🔳 Walk
Ground testing of our first fully-integrated vehicle, Quarterhorse Mk 0, is complete.
The vehicle was designed and built within six months, and all test objectives were completed in just 37 days of deployed testing.
Next up, flight testing of Quarterhorse Mk 1.
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83 days from unveil to full thrust, max AB engine runs. Sound on, giddy up
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 🔊
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I can’t disagree more. Rapid acquisition authorities and aggressive schedules are not why US hypersonics development are behind. It’s because we haven’t failed enough.
Why Do US Hypersonic Missile Tests Keep Failing? They’re Going Too Fast | Commentary by
@Joshua_Pollack
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Meet Quarterhorse Mk 1 LFG
Meet Quarterhorse Mk 1 – our first aircraft that will take to the skies this summer at the legendary Edwards Air Force Base.
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Not enough founders and investors understand this
Defense tech startups need to start taking lobbying and government relations seriously from day zero. If you’re in SoCal trying to get your members attention, good luck and God bless. The sooner you can get a multi-state strategy, the better.
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Don’t worry we’re almost done fixing this. 1,700 mph+ coming summer 2025
50 years ago in 1974, the F-16 made its maiden flight.
Sophons are real.
And they don't necessarily come from outer space.
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Giddy up
Sun sets on another day of test as we march towards first flight
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F-100 + pre-cooler testing is off and running for Quarterhorse Mk 2. Giddy up🐎
We’ve begun testing our precooler technology with the
@prattandwhitney
F100 engine.
The precooler increases the max speed of the turbine engine by lowering the temperature of incoming air and is part of our larger turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine architecture.
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🇺🇸 💪
God bless the brothers and God bless America.
May their Solo cups overfloweth.
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This is an important message for every engineer and entrepreneur working in defense or dual-use tech. We have a responsibility to build for our country. Massive part of who we are
@hermeuscorp
along the way to commercial hypersonic flight. LFG
Anduril was founded, five years ago today, to transform US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. But we can’t do it alone. We need a new group of defense technology companies to Reboot the Arsenal of Democracy. Why? (1/9)
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There’s something special about airplanes that drives immense human connection. Awesome hosting
@jasonjoyride
to talk about not just what we’re doing
@hermeuscorp
, but how
Later this year
@hermeuscorp
is aiming to take their first subsonic flight with the goal of hitting Mach 2.5 next year.
For Episode 43 of S³ we got an inside look at how they're building 1 plane a year to pull it off.
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Honored to be one of
@Forbes
25 picks for the next unicorn
@hermeuscorp
let’s go
There are more than 50,000 venture-backed startups in the U.S., and only the tiniest fraction will ever reach a $1 billion valuation. Here are the 25 we think most likely to succeed.
#BillionDollarStartups
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Can’t wait to beat this record
March 6 1990 I was there with my family to greet the SR-71
#972
. After her 64 minute flight coast to coast my dad, Butch Sheffield, Director of the Skunk Works was in charge of coordinating this flight..
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Venture-backed startups delivering modern capabilities to the DoD at scale is hard, but there is a way to build a bridge across the valley of death. Let’s go.
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This is a must-watch for all who care about America. Act. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Uncut full video: the call to arms we've been waiting for from
@KTmBoyle
at the Defense Ventures Summit
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Really excited to have RTX Ventures as part of the team
@hermeuscorp
they’re a key strategic supplier and now a strong partner as we scale in both defense and commercial markets. Really impressed with their speed of execution. Let’s go
JUST IN: Raytheon Technologies Invests in Hypersonic Aircraft Startup Hermeus. It’s the first investment by the aerospace and defense giant’s new venture arm.
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Awesome to see our 1st investor,
@khoslaventures
at the top of the Founder's Choice VC Leaderboard.
@hermeuscorp
wouldn't be where it is today without the guidance, support, and leadership
@vkhosla
,
@SStrohband
and the whole KV team has brought to bear
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Damn. First time back to San Jose airport since the day we didn’t get into YC. Triggered
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The purpose of life is to create a better world for your children and make sure they make it there. Thats it, super simple
Fatherhood is truly life's greatest experience
Choosing to delay it or not experience it at all is just depriving yourself of the most otherworldly joy
Prosper, colonize the galaxy, make babies
Everything else is a distraction
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We are building something special
@hermeuscorp
- massively impactful, urgently needed, and incredibly hard. This is how legends are made.
'23 in the books. '24 off to a strong start.
Let's go fly.
2023 was another year of major growth and critical milestones at Hermeus.
We completed wind tunnel testing of Quarterhorse, received our first two F100 engines, signed a multi-year contract with the Defense Innovation Unit, built our first fully-integrated vehicle, and then
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Been waiting with bated breath for this to drop - awesome dive into
@hermeuscorp
from
@TheBrianMcManus
of Real Engineering. Lets go.
One of our all-time favorite channels, Real Engineering, visited us last year and put together the most comprehensive video of our story to date. Check out the entire 45-min documentary on YouTube:
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Haha I have a running “no-fly list” for Hermeus airplanes. Little do some people know their future is slower.
Many chips on the shoulders
“Just let it go” is often the worst advice you can get in business.
I want to work with people who care about what’s right and who care about what’s true.
Serious people don’t ever “let it go.” They hold grudges. They don’t forget. And they keep pushing for people to know the
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Landmark day
@hermeuscorp
we’ve grown so much it was finally time to retire our original 64oz Bunn pour over machine we got when we were 6 people. Units of coffee are now measured in gallons. Now building faster airplanes faster
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Quite a year 2022 has been. Time to become a real airplane company in 2023. LFG
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 ⤵️
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So honored to be working with the GOAT in deep tech.
Congrats
@vkhosla
Let’s go
Twenty years ago today, I started Khosla Ventures. What a ride it has been!
Betting on people
@jack
@sama
@patrickc
; building new categories
@ImpossibleFoods
@QuantumScapeCo
@RocketLab
; making the impossible possible.
Can’t wait for the next 20 with near-free AI
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This is indeed the way. Market making with DoD. Understanding your customers problems better than they do, building product at risk, shaping requirements, and hacking the system with inside baseball.
Only the very best can do it - John Boyd, Kelly Johnson, Alec Bierbauer.
Defense Tech new entrants view Programs of Record as the Holy Grail.
@PalantirTech
won another one last month. 9 Programs and counting.
Defense Tech VCs ask new companies “how long until you win a POR?”
I understand the question. But I’m not sure it is right.
Programs
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This is a legit MASSIVE point - Falcon 9 is now the least expensive, most reliable launch vehicle in its class. Oh yea and it’s the only partially reusable launch vehicle in the world. What’s the competitive value proposition now for others - both incumbents and new entrants?
SpaceX’s launch of 51 more Starlink internet satellites Wednesday from California marked the 200th consecutive successful mission for the company’s Falcon rocket family, a record unmatched by any other space launch vehicle.
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As a founder, asymmetry is your superpower. This is how you use it to win 🇺🇸🇺🇸
The mission
@AJ_Piplica
and his team at
@hermeuscorp
are on is ambitious: to build autonomous Mach 5 aircraft for national defense and Mach 5 commercial flight to shrink the world.
AJ's strategy for getting his company to the victory condition hinges on the concept of
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In work. Lead back soon.
This marks the first time a hypersonic missile is used in combat
Traveling at speeds that potentially render US missile defenses useless
We NEED to maintain a hypersonic advantage against China/Russia over the next decade, and we are starting from FAR behind
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Hosted the first
@owensfellowship
fellow from
@AF_Academy
this year
@hermeuscorp
Media can print whatever headlines they want, but won’t let that undermine the import mission of this program - breaking barriers and expanding opportunities for underrepresented groups in aerospace
The Brooke Owens Fellowship is a highly competitive non-profit fellowship program for women and gender minorities in undergrad who want to work in the aerospace industry. Let's talk about why programs like this are important. 🧵
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Great 🧵- technical deep dive on what’s hard about flying fast
When 460 knots just isn't fast enough...
We've been cruising the globe at basically the same speed since the 1960s. Faster would be nicer, so what are the challenges facing hypersonic airliners?
Read on...
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He did it. Hell yea
@jasonjoyride
S³ made 52 documentaries this year.
But there was only ever 1 company that could be the finale, tomorrow.
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Sorry Jason, but to quote
@bhorowitz
“what you do is who you are” talk is cheap in politics and who better that an authoritarian leader to tell the rest of us what we want to hear. But don’t be fooled by pomp and circumstance - look at the realities on the ground.
This message from Xi is absolutely fantastic, and what the world needs to hear right now.
Prosperity not war
Modernization and peace
We should take him at his word and assume good faith — while remaining true to our principles and what’s best for America.
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Love me some high speed inlet pics
Rarely seen XB-70 Valkyrie air inlet interior photo taken by USAF Museum Volunteer Jason Wysong
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It’s unbelievably good to be a dad
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@hermeuscorp
@prattandwhitney
For all those “but the D-21!” folks out there - the D-21 wasn’t an airplane: it was expendable, not reusable; it was airdropped, didn’t take off and land on its own. Big differences both from an engineering perspective and a product perspective
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Fact. Many easily forget this in Defense Tech - Congress authorizes and appropriates funds. That’s where change starts.
Did you know the Predator drone was initially an "earmark" in Congress--forced on the Pentagon?
Tomahawk missile, a "weapon of choice" for military commanders, wouldn't be in production today if not for Congress.
Same with small sats, commercial data analytics, or the SLCM-N.
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Great deep dive into our founding story
@hermeuscorp
I interviewed the
@hermeuscorp
team and cut together this 25 minute video.
It covers:
- How
@AJ_Piplica
got into aviation
- The highs and lows of early attempts
- Raising money for a hard-tech co
- Building, testing, and selling hypersonic tech
- The hypersonic arms race!
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We live in a new world again this morning, one that my generation has never seen. Listening to air raid sirens in the capital of democratic nation is chilling.
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Fuck you past self… haha
more to come on what I learned from this experience this year. ‘24 goals coming soon
Goal for 2023: run 500 miles. I hate running, but I’m Gonna Be loving that song in 365 days
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@WSJ
front page of the business section above the fold - my life goals are now 73% complete. Can’t wait to fly
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We’re not waiting. 🇺🇸
Our new engine and flight test facility HEAT will accelerate US hypersonic development, offering increased testing cadence for not only Hermeus, but the DoD and larger defense industrial base.
Here are highlights from the groundbreaking event this week.
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Great piece
@AlexHollings52
it takes a lot to deliver airplanes on the level of the GOAT Kelly Johnson. We haven’t yet. But we’re doing it
New video is live! Let's talk about
@hermeuscorp
's new Quarterhorse Mk 1 flying prototype, their hypersonic plans for the future... And why Hermeus today really reminds me of Lockheed's Skunk Works in Kelly Johnson's heyday:
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Really important batch of companies solving critical problems in the real world. Let’s go!
Affordable childcare. Reusable rockets. Unsnarled supply chains. Sustainable farming. Accessible housing.
The companies below are tackling some of the country's most pressing issues. This is the American Dynamism 50 ↓
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Founder-led companies are the way. Vision, relentlessness, stubbornness, chips on shoulders. Holders of the bar. Keepers of the soul. There’s a reason people used to put their names on their companies.
In the future, everyone in the world will get a chance to be CEO of Boeing for 15 minutes.
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Vibe in the Factory
@hermeuscorp
is ELECTRIC today T-7 days massively exciting news inbound - here we go. Stay tuned!
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Looking forward to the
@shift
Defense Ventures Summit this week in DC. This community is our nation’s ace in our global techno-economic competition 💪 🇺🇸
- 102 confirmed VC/PE firms
- 100+ military units
- MANY startups & Defense Curious™ 2nd or 3rd time founders considering BUIDL'n defense startups (an awesome trend to witness in real-time)
I am overjoyed/optimistic/overwhelmed by the momentum at the intersection of Defense &
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Fact
If you're committing to a 20 year journey that involves compounding returns
You have to keep in mind throughout the journey that the majority of returns will happen in yeara 17-20
2004 vs 2024:
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Yes this is what we do IRL
@hermeuscorp
This is what a transition between turbojet and ramjet more looks like.
[source, read more: ]
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Huge congrats to teams
@Stratolaunch
and
@ursamajortech
on expanding the nation’s high speed flight test capabilities 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
NEWS: Stratolaunch announces the first flight of TA-1. Read more:
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Yes you can build great companies outside of the Valley
@hermeuscorp
Steve Case: Silicon Valley’s brain drain is bringing innovation back to small cities
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The reason we are where we are in the hypersonics race is simple - we’ve lost the willingness to fail, learn, and iterate.
@hermeuscorp
were changing that. Can’t wait for all the “hypersonic is hard” tweets when we lose a Quarterhorse in flight testing
The U.S. was once a leader in developing supersonic and hypersonic technology, but we've now fallen behind Russia, China and possibly North Korea. Here's how we're spending billions to catch up. Full video:
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We all work incredible hard every day, but it’s so easy to forget the why that resides in our faith. In a world that feels more and more detached from what really matters, it’s inspiring to see
@traestephens
lead.
Join him on June 27 for a conversation on technology + God
If you’re working on breakthrough technologies, I want to see you on June 27 — not for a pitch or demo, but for a deep conversation on how to use the power of creation to improve the human condition and honor God’s plan for us.
Technologists know there’s a difference between
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Looks like DIU is gonna have some work to do in FY24 ;-) $$ LFG
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Standard issue to all startup founders. Just read Chapter 5, Section 11, Subpart B “Managers and Supervisors” and do the exact opposite. You’ll crush it.
Chapter 5, section 11, subpart b
Managers and Supervisors
(1) Demand written orders.
(2) “Misunderstand” orders. Ask
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Flying
Wrapped up some wind tunnel testing with Quarterhorse up at
@Calspan_Corp
CFD is great – but there comes a point when you need to test physical hardware in the physical world
More about the testing here:
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So much to be thankful for today - family, friends, faith, freedom. Happy Thanksgiving all! 🇺🇸 🦃 🍁🦃 🇺🇸
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Can’t wait
Made with Steven Spielberg's Amblin, Adam McKay's Hyperobject, ZPZ and Academy Award winning director Ross Kauffman, it's my pleasure to present the trailer for Wild Wild Space coming to
@StreamOnMax
,
@HBO
,
@HBODocs
on July 17th
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👀
Excited to announce that the Air Force has selected Hermeus for its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) contract which has a $950 million ceiling.
More here:
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Turns out investing in defense delivers national security. When deterrence fails, you better be damn sure you can win quickly and decisively. While what we saw today in Israel is by no means the end of the conflict, defensive systems prevailed handedly, preventing tradgedy. 💪🇮🇱
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Oooohhh yessss! We love making the future a reality
@AJ_Piplica
You asked...we delivered.
@hermeuscorp
real-life Chimera engine test compared to the
@TopGunMovie
scram jet scene.
The podcast drops tomorrow!
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First Christmas at our home. Crazy to think it took 35 years. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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Congrats to
@bscholl
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@boomaero
on first flight! You only get one first flight for an aircraft and for a company - years in the making. Well done - on to the next test point ;-)
@Robotbeat
Yep. Saw takeoff and landing.
My team is now rocking out to the Top Gun Anthem for the vibes.
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This is spot on. American communism unintentionally pervasive in the very system whose purpose is to maintain western leadership - the DoD. Spoiler alert: I’m getting heated on this one.
Innovation needs Customers, not Capital. The root problem is that the acquisition system is unintentionally communist. The problem is not the popular narrative that defense contractors make too much money, it is actually that they make too little money.
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yes we make purple lightsabers
Chimera ground testing complete – now it’s off to a hypersonic facility where we can simulate flight conditions
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