# Hermeus Appoints Kim Nakamaru as General Counsel

Hermeus today announced the appointment of Kim Nakamaru as General Counsel and a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

# Hermeus Reaches $1 Billion Valuation with $350 Million Raise to Build Today’s Fastest Aircraft for the American Warfighter

_The round, led by Khosla Ventures, accelerates the delivery of high-Mach unmanned aircraft for national security missions._

# $350M to Build the Fastest Aircraft in the World for the American Warfighter

Today, we’re announcing a $350M Series C financing led by Khosla Ventures and more than a dozen other investors.

# FAA Grants Hermeus Special Airworthiness Certificate for its Latest Quarterhorse Aircraft

Hermeus’ unmanned Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 aircraft has received a Special Airworthiness Certificate – Experimental Category (SAC-EC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

# Hermeus Flies Newest Supersonic Plane, Delivering Its Second Successful First Flight in Nine Months

Hermeus, a venture-backed defense aviation company, today announced it successfully flew its latest Quarterhorse aircraft, marking the company’s second first flight in less than a year.

# Hermeus Appoints Zachary Shore as President and Steve Furger as CTO to Accelerate High-Mach and Hypersonic Aircraft Development

Hermeus, the high-speed aircraft company, today announced two key executive appointments as it scales to meet the demands of its most ambitious product roadmap to date.

# QH Mk 2 Testing Update: Spaceport Arrival

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 has arrived at Spaceport America following shipment from Atlanta.

# QH Mk 2 Hardware Update: Tail & Wing Integration

Just two months after engine integration, we’ve integrated the tail and wings on our Quarterhorse Mk 2 vehicle.

# Spotlight on Hermeus’ Veterans

For many of our teammates, the dedication to national security and next-generation defense never ended - it just evolved.

# QH Mk 2 Hardware Update: F100 Engine Integration

Less than a week after Quarterhorse Mk 2 achieved weight on wheels we completed integration of the iconic Pratt & Whitney F100 engine.

# QH Mk 2 Hardware Update: Weight on Wheels

Just two months after engine integration, we’ve integrated the tail and wings on our Quarterhorse Mk 2 vehicle.

# Hermeus Welcomes Ken Venner as Chief Operating Officer

The former SpaceX, Sierra Space, & Broadcom Chief Information Officer brings decades of deep tech leadership to the rapidly growing Hermeus team.

# Hermeus Begins Precooler Testing with Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine

The testing marks the first major engine milestone for Hermeus’ supersonic Quarterhorse Mk 2 aircraft.

# Hermeus Names Zach Shore as Chief Revenue Officer

As CRO, Mr. Shore will spearhead the maturation of the company’s sales functions while driving growth across all product lines in both defense and commercial markets.

# Quarterhorse Mk 0 Begins Testing

Serving as a comprehensive testbed for Quarterhorse, Mk 0 will validate various systems including: electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, avionics, steering, and propulsion.

# Quarterhorse Wind Tunnel Testing

We took a 10% scaled model of Quarterhorse up to Calspan in Buffalo, NY and spent a week subjecting it to Mach 0.3 - 1.3 airflow. These subsonic and transonic regimes are critical to understand in preparation for our first flights of Quarterhorse.

# Hermeus Named Among Best Places to Work in Atlanta and Los Angeles

Our mission to radically accelerate air travel is audacious. And with this goal comes the need to hire some of the top talent in the world.

# Enter the Flight Deck

The Flight Deck has been designed from the ground up to support off-grid stand-alone operations in austere environments.

# Chimera Completes Ground Testing – Heads to Hypersonic Facility for Next Tests

This test marked the final phase in our “sea-level static” testing campaign proving that we can run Chimera at full throttle on the ground.

# Hermeus Partners with Department of Defense to Explore Future of Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft

Hermeus is partnering with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) under a Phase II SBIR contract awarded to provide data and analysis of the various hypersonic aircraft it is developing.