"This can seriously drop testing costs, and also advance our propulsion work," said CEO Zach Shore.
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Hermeus is building what it's calling Ramjet-X — a super-fast aircraft that blurs the line between large drone, air-defense target and test bed for propulsion and materials science.
Why it matters: It's another big bet on unmanned speed from the company, which this year was valued at $1 billion post-money and moved its headquarters from Georgia to California.
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During the ground test, the team ignited and operated the system in a direct connect flight-representative environment.
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