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Jason Lindsey, the service\u2019s program executive officer for presidential and executive airlift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contract, awarded July 30, covers a period of three years and sets five objectives for Hermeus, the Air Force said in an Aug. 5 statement announcing the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the company is tasked with building three prototypes of its Quarterhorse aircraft, testing a full-scale reusable hypersonic propulsion system and providing data to the Air Force that it can use in future war-gaming efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Quarterhorse aircraft will be unmanned to eliminate the risk of having a human pilot fly an experimental aircraft and allow the company to move to flight testing earlier, Skyler Shuford, Hermeus\u2019 chief operations officer, said in a video posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has already built and tested a subscale hypersonic engine prototype and is working on a full-scale engine demonstrator,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ainonline.com\/aviation-news\/business-aviation\/2020-11-19\/hermeus-receives-funding-round-hypersonic-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\"> Aviation International News reported<\/a> in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHermeus will be leveraging autonomous and reusable systems, ruthlessly focused requirements, and a hardware-rich program,\u201d the company said in a news release. \u201cThese three strategies allow the team to incrementally push the envelope, sometimes strategically to the point of failure in flight test, which accelerates learning while simultaneously improving the safety of flight test crew and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the three year development effort, the Air Force will evaluate Hermeus\u2019 progress and determine next steps, the service said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen it comes to technology, we often hear the term \u2018game-changing,\u2019 \u201d said Maj. 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