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\n 888 N. Douglas St. in El Segundo, the new home of supersonic aviation company Hermeus\n <\/p>\n
Defense aviation company Hermeus is moving its headquarters from Atlanta to El Segundo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The move<\/a>, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, aligns with\u00a0an announcement<\/a>\u00a0from Hermeus that the company closed $350M in Series C financing. The round was led by\u00a0Khosla Ventures, with participation by Founders Fund<\/a>, which was co-founded by Peter Thiel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Considering all capital raised, the company now has a $1B valuation.\u00a0<\/p>\n “This funding provides the strategic capital to move from prototyping to mission-ready, high-Mach platforms, keeping Hermeus on a path to deliver the fastest unmanned aircraft flying today,” according to a company release.<\/p>\n Hermeus is now working on a three-plane fleet of unmanned planes to the scale of F-16 jets that could reach\u00a0Mach 3, or supersonic speed, and would be faster than other planes used in warfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n The company’s goal is to ultimately make aircraft that travel at Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, also known as hypersonic speed.\u00a0<\/p>\n El Segundo and the South Bay have seen a boom<\/a>\u00a0in aerospace and defense tenants coming to lease space in the region. The area has historically been a hub for these types of companies, and big-name contractors including Northrop Grumman<\/a> are still\u00a0present there.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hermeus’ new El Segundo headquarters is 67K SF at Hackman Capital Partners<\/a>‘\u00a0888 Douglas at 888 N. Douglas St. It is a return to form for the property, which was a former Northrop Grumman military aircraft manufacturing facility<\/a>\u00a0that Hackman turned into creative office space.<\/p>\n The El Segundo property is\u00a0smaller than the\u00a0110K SF Atlanta facility that has been its headquarters and production facility since 2021, the LA Times reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n