Hermeus nets $60mln Pact for Hypersonic ‘Quarterhorse’

Georgia-based aerospace startup awarded major USAF contract to build a Mach 5 high-speed aircraft. It’s name is Quarterhorse, and some day, it will be able to fly defense higher-ups from New York to Paris in just 90 minutes, instead of more than the 7 hours today on regular jets. And that is all because Hermeus, a hypersonic plane startup based in Doraville, Ga., impressed U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense and NASA officials following a U.S. $1.5 contract for the autonomous high-speed aircraft concept. They must have done one hell of a job, because the Air Force just handed them U.S….