Zach Shore

CEO @Hermeuscorp | early @Anduriltech | IRQ/AFG veteran | Surf mogul @EnchiladasSurf | PHI sports slave

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Great to have @USCTO47 at our El Segundo facility. Fast planes require fast engineering and fast manufacturing. We were excited to show you some real hardware that to prove the point.

[Hermeus @hermeuscorp]

Thanks to Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, for stopping by our new LA headquarters. @USCTO47

We gave him a look at our growing R&D operation in LA and the work underway to build fast planes even faster.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@scott_sanderssb @DIU_x New year new me

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

This is what real public/private partnerships can unlock. @DIU_x is paving the way for new entrants to move fast and break things.

[Defense Innovation Unit @DIU_x]

DIU recently marked another milestone achievement in its pursuit of affordable and scalable group 5 UAS to deliver combat capability. We successfully completed the first supersonic flight of the Quarterhouse Mk 2.1 multi mach reusable aircraft (MMRA).

The supersonic flight demonstrates DIU’s unique ability to work with commercial industry to deliver real-world impact for the DoW at unmatched speed. Hermeus was awarded its first DIU prototype contract in November 2023 after selection under the HyCAT Hypersonics commercial solutions opening. Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 reached supersonic speeds less than three months after its first flight.

The MMRA serves primarily as a technology risk reduction for achieving Mach 3  flight and high-speed payload release. Attributes of the MMRA architecture align with the DoW’s priorities for speed, affordability, scale, and lethality, with designs that leverage commercially available components, resilient supply chains, abundant structural materials such as stainless steel, and existing aerospace maintenance ecosystems.

Photos courtesy of @hermeuscorp.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@stas_gryshyn @hermeuscorp @DIU_x Smart man.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Went on @BloombergTV to talk the defense ecosystem Quarterhorse flying supersonic, and our record @DIU_x contract.

Thanks to @BloombergTV @kaileyleinz and @JMathieuReports for having me on!

Watch here: https://t.co/vpwgya5VGW

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@itsmoislam 😂 I’m leaving it!

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

I had an awesome time with @itsmoislam on Valley of Death this week.

Take a looK!

[Mo Islam @itsmoislam]

This week’s episode of Valley of Depth features @Zsshore, CEO of @hermeuscorp.

The US hasn't flown a Mach 3-plus reusable aircraft since the SR-71 was retired in 1990. Hermeus wants to change that and they want to do it faster, cheaper, and w/ a fraction of the capital.

We sit down with Zach at the moment where the company's bet is clearly starting to pay off.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@insidedefense Perhaps unmanned high-Mach platforms offer a solution.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Time for Quarterhorse to stretch its legs

@hermeuscorp has scaled our partnership with @DIU_x to $219M, tackling high-Mach flight & payload release, providing @usairforce and @USNavy the data to transition this into the future force.

Grateful for the opportunity to deliver fast planes fast.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

We can do that. Unmanned. @hermeuscorp

[Army Recognition @ArmyRecognition]

U.S. Air Force F-16CM Viper Shows How Single Combat Sortie Can Support Multiple Missions Across the Middle East

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@AJ_Piplica Facts. If Kelly’s team were alive we’d have hired them.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@AlexHollings52 @hermeuscorp Fast planes fast

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@AlexHollings52 fast planes fast...

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

We’re the fastest ever to go supersonic (Mach 1.21) from founding to flight.

Most companies take decades to go supersonic. We got there less than a year after our first ever flight.

Show me your supersonic plane and I’ll show you mine.

[Hermeus @hermeuscorp]

Supersonic. Mach 1.21.

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 is now the world’s first privately developed, unmanned supersonic jet and the fastest unmanned aircraft flying today.

This flight makes Hermeus the fastest company in aviation history to go from founding to supersonic flight - exactly 364 days after the maiden flight of our first aircraft.

Now, we fly faster.

A special thanks to @DIU_x, Director @OwenWest91, Maj. Gen. Joe "Solo" Kunkel, and Deputy Director Kyle Norman.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Enjoy the day for Will and Prez. They’d have wanted it that way.

Also hotdogs are better than hamburgers. Yea I said it.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Iykyk.

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

This.

[Thomas C. Theiner @noclador]

Saab loooves to tout the claim that the Gripen can "operate from dispersed air bases".

They do that, because they know no one of you knows what it means. And every time I see someone regurgite "dispersed air bases" (or "road runways" or "short runways") I know I am dealing
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[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

Honored to lead this team as CEO starting June 1.

@AJ_Piplica and I have been building toward this for a long time, and while the roles are evolving, the mission isn't: radical pursuit of high-Mach flight and building the machine that builds the machines.

Grateful for the trust, AJ. Now, back to work.

[AJ Piplica @AJ_Piplica]

Just shared this note with the team: I’m moving to the Chairman seat and @Zsshore will succeed me as the next CEO of @hermeuscorp I’ve been planning this for a while and as hard as it is as a founder to pass the reigns, I’m legit stoked for the future this move unlocks. Let's go

[Zach Shore @Zsshore]

@ssankar nails it again.

This is why build fast planes fast matter so much. Don’t overthink it folks!

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

Palantir CTO @ssankar on why we should raise the defense budget:

“In WWII, we had 154 different airframes built.”

“Only 10 mattered—but if you don’t build 154, you don’t get the 10 that you actually need.”

Via @CNBC