Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
USAF Fastest Hypersonic Jet Is Finally Ready To Fly!
Quarterhorse is a small 40-meter-long aircraft that will prove Hermeus’s futuristic engine works as it should. This engine is known as Chimera and powered by it, Quarterhorse will go faster than any aircraft in history. In the process, it must break the speed records of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird. The SR-71 is the fastest jet of all time and has remained the yardstick for hypersonic travel for almost half a century, thanks to a recorded top speed of Mach 3.3. Quarterhorse will hit Mach 5 and beyond.
USAF Fastest Hypersonic Jet Is Finally Ready To Fly!
Quarterhorse is a small 40-meter-long aircraft that will prove Hermeus’s futuristic engine works as it should. This engine is known as Chimera and powered by it, Quarterhorse will go faster than any aircraft in history. In the process, it must break the speed records of the legendary SR-71 Blackbird. The SR-71 is the fastest jet of all time and has remained the yardstick for hypersonic travel for almost half a century, thanks to a recorded top speed of Mach 3.3. Quarterhorse will hit Mach 5 and beyond.
