Hermeus is an Atlanta-based aerospace company focused on developing a hypersonic aircraft founded by AJ Piplica, Skyler Shuford, Michael Smayda and Glenn Case.
Hermeus is a developer of hypersonic aircraft for commercial travel and military aviation. The company's platform is developing aircraft with the goal of massively reduced flight times and increased safety for long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. Hermeus wants to develop vehicles that can fly in excess of Mach 5, over 3,000 miles per hour (4,800 km/h). At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is reduced from 7 hours to 90 minutes. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.