Destinus is a startup developing hydrogen powered hypersonic drones and planes. They are headquartered in Switzerland.
Destinus has received $58+M funding from private and public sources. In 2026, they plan to test the supersonic hydrogen prototype, and by 2030, to build a hypersonic airplane.
The design of Destinus E is set to make its first flight in 2025. Powered by the Destinus T1300 Prometheus turbojet engine, it is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2026. Destinus E will be developed with a low-cost approach in mind for the airframe, engine, and avionics design.
Delta prototype uses a hybrid hydrogen TBCC propulsion to reach hypersonic speed. Cryogenic hydrogen is stored in mass-efficient structural tanks and cool leading edges, intakes, and inlet air before it enters TJE and ramjet. A structure built from steel can withstand high temperatures of hypersonic flight. They have designed the Destinus D, as an AI-controlled hypersonic UAV, powered by a TBCC engine with liquid hydrogen as a fuel and designed for Mach 5+ interception missions of airborne targets, such as enemy aircraft, subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic missiles.
The Destinus G is a 5.5-ton MTOW, remotely or AI-piloted, jet-powered supersonic UAV designed for Mach 2+ interdiction of airborne targets such as enemy aircraft, subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic missiles.
Modern defense requires high-supersonic, low-cost, AI-controlled UAVs versatile enough to act as wingmen for piloted jets or as interceptors.
They hope to make the Destinus S. They hope it will be the world’s first commercial hypersonic passenger plane is powered entirely by hydrogen. It can carry up to 25 passengers and can travel up to 10,000 km. The aircraft uses a combination of turbojet and ramjet engines to achieve a speed that is five times faster than the sound. This makes it more than twice as fast as the Concorde. With this speed, the Destinus-S can transport passengers from Paris to New York in just 1.5 hours. Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to start between 2032 and 2035.
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