Futuristic Quarterhorse reusable aircraft scores $60 million from USAF

Private aircraft developer Hermeus has scored a $60 million deal with the United States Air Force (USAF), the company has announced. The funds are earmarked specifically for flighting testing the aerospace firm’s Quarterhorse, a sleek aircraft featuring Hermeus’s own turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine and a futuristic, nearly sci-fi appearance. Quarterhorse is Hermeus’s first aircraft and, according to the private …