Hermeus tested a supersonic jet in New Mexico. Early versions use aluminum, but the Mark 2.3 will switch to specialized steel to handle Mach 3 heat. The team plans to use welding and automotive-style production to scale up.
Yeah, I don't know, this never gets old. The truck pulling the plane is— that's great. What is it made out of? Aluminum. Aluminum, man.
This one's aluminum, next one's 2.2's aluminum, and then the Mark 2.3 steel. And that unlocks a lot of producibility advantages, but we needed to go to steel anyway for the heat at Mach 3. But when you get to steel, you get into welding, and it gets you into, you know, automotive practices for production and scaling. And so it's a both-and benefit. Yeah, that's really, really exciting for us.
So are we like nervous today, or, or—
I mean, I got my crystals, so I feel all right.
Let's see the— wait, show me the crystals.
There you go.
So, and this is like a New Mexico thing, or this is— I mean, I'll collect them wherever I can.
I— can I touch it? Yeah, get in there. I mean, I'm— I don't believe in crystals for personal use, but I do believe in them for professional use. Okay. I want every advantage I can get. You can't prove they don't work, right?
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