An Atlanta-based startup, Hermeus Corporation says it’s building a hypersonic jet that will travel at four times the speed of sound. If Hermeus is successful, that could reduce TransAtlantic travel times between New York and Paris from 7 ½ hours to just 90 minutes. That’s about twice the speed of the supersonic Concorde. The new Mach 5 airplane is expected to take 10 years to develop but will deliver a range of about 4,600 nm.
Hypersonic Jet Could Cross the Atlantic in 90 Minutes
Key Takeaways:
- Hermeus Corporation is developing a Mach 5 hypersonic jet designed to reduce TransAtlantic travel times significantly, such as cutting New York to Paris flights to 90 minutes.
- The project is expected to take 10 years to develop, with a strategy to build and test smaller aircraft iterations to overcome the challenges of integrating technologies and replicating Mach 5 environments.
- The startup's four co-founders possess prior experience in hypersonic travel, having led the development of the Air Force's X-60A rocket plane.
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