About this episode

A.J. Piplica discusses Hermeus's achievement in flying a privately-developed supersonic UAV and their future goals.

Hermeus just became the first company to fly a privately-developed supersonic UAV. But that’s just a milepost on the way to a much bigger goal. Founder and executive chairman A.J. Piplica joins us to illuminate their future. With the week’s airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

People in this episode

Guest: A.J. Piplica

Topics covered

• supersonic UAV
• airpower
• aviation technology
• defense industry
• innovation

Keywords

• Hermeus
• supersonic
• UAV
• A.J. Piplica
• airpower
• aviation
• defense

Sponsors

Bell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hermeus, GE Aerospace

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