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, an Atlanta startup, is developing a hypersonic jet designed to travel at Mach 5, aiming to cut transatlantic travel times (e.g., New York to Paris) to just 90 minutes.
- The project is expected to take 10 years and will utilize an iterative development approach, involving building and testing smaller aircraft due to the challenges of ground-simulating Mach 5 environments.
- The company's four co-founders have prior experience in hypersonic travel, having worked together on the Air Force's X-60A hypersonic rocket plane.
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