Chimera engine
TopicHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since Jun 2026
The Chimera is a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine developed by the American aerospace startup Hermeus to power its high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft. It functions as a conventional turbojet at low speeds before transitioning into a ramjet at high Mach numbers, utilizing a General Electric J85 turbojet as its core.
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Hermeus plans to flight-test its precooler and ramjet components soon.
“we'll do that later this year. Okay. And then pretty soon we'll be flying the ramjet piece too”
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