Georgia-Based Hypersonic Plane Startup Hermeus Moves HQ to California

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Hermeus, a metro Atlanta hypersonic aircraft startup founded by a Georgia Tech graduate, is moving its headquarters to El Segundo, California.

The focus of the defense aviation company’s Atlanta facility will shift to production, and the news involves no layoffs of its 175-person Georgia workforce, spokesperson Kate Gamble told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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