Hermeus activates hypersonic engine test site
Open field to engine fire within 33 days
August 12, 2021
Speed is everything at Hermeus. The activation of our new test facility illustrates this.
We went from an open field to engine fire within 33 days.
We refer to this test facility simply as “Site 27” because it sits adjacent to retired runway number 27 at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
This is a very important facility to us. We’re developing a Mach 5 engine unlike any in existence and this is where it will be rigorously tested.
The current engine on the test stand is the GE J85-21 turbojet which will be the core of our larger hypersonic engine. Senior Propulsion Engineer, Lisa Berry, has been leading the first engine test campaign and running multiple engine tests per day.
“At Site 27, we‘ve completed 50 engine runs within 4 weeks,” Lisa said. “These exercises help anchor a key piece of the predictive models for our Mach 5 propulsion system with real data.”
ABOUT HERMEUS
Hermeus is a venture-backed startup with the long-term vision of transforming the global human transportation network with Mach 5 aircraft. At Mach 5, travel is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds – over 3,000 miles per hour – flight times from New York to London will be 90 minutes rather than seven hours. Mach 5 aircraft have the potential to create an additional four trillion dollars of global economic growth per year, unlocking significant resources that can be utilized to solve the world’s great problems.
Contact: info@hermeus.com