AtlantaHermeus unveiled an air-launched ramjet test craft.
It targets the scarcity of hypersonic flight-test time, not a lack of ideas.
Released at Mach 3 from the reusable Quarterhorse drone, the ramjet can sustain hypersonic flight for minutes, not seconds.
Hermeus has not disclosed Ramjet-X’s cost per flight or a first-flight date.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone leans favorable
- emphasizes low-cost, repeatable testing model solving cost barriers that slowed US high-Mach flight development
Sources: The War Zone