The General Hypersonics field team at the range
The Company

Purpose, people, and proof.

General Hypersonics was built by the people who defined modern spaceflight, and it serves the agencies who need what comes next.

Purpose

Access is the whole game.

Space stays rare because getting there is expensive, slow, and single-use. General Hypersonics removes the big rocket from the equation, a reusable, ground-launched system that makes high-speed flight and access to space routine. The near-term revenue funds the long-term mission. That's the investment thesis in one line: own the access layer before the market prices it in.

Our goal is airline-like access to space.
Mark Russell, Founder & CEO

Team

Building space systems that are defining the next era of space.

Blue Origin. Boeing. The United States Air Force. Raytheon. Directors who have run the programs the rest of the industry only reads about.

Leadership

Mark Russell

Founder, President and CEO. Former Blue Origin lead engineer and Boeing Sea Launch. Named inventor on the ram accelerator patents.

Greg Seymour

Co-founder and Director. Former Blue Origin, Boeing Sea Launch, and VP at Stratolaunch.

Jack Roosa

President, Defense and Government. USAF veteran and F-16 pilot. Former Program Director, Raytheon Missiles and Defense.

Anne Russell

Chief Strategy Officer. Former Boeing and HorizonX Ventures. Drives strategy, brand, and business development.

Chase Smith

Chief Operating Officer and Test Director. Leads hypersonic and supersonic test campaigns, system development, and program execution. Ram accelerator researcher trained at the University of Washington.

Board & Advisors

Mike McSherry

Board Director. CEO of Xealth, former CEO of Swype, and co-founder of Boost Mobile.

Lt. Gen. Stephen Kwast (Ret.)

Advisor and future board member. Former USAF, a leading voice on American space strategy.

Maj. Gen. John Olson (Ret.)

Advisor. U.S. Space Force CTIO and CDAO. Former White House space and aeronautics.

Dr. Andrew Higgins

Inventor. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, a leading ram accelerator and hypersonics researcher.

Dr. Carl Knowlen

Inventor. Research Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington, a ram accelerator pioneer.

Contracts & Alignments

The signal behind the story.

General Hypersonics holds prime-contractor status across munitions defense, civil space, and energy. Named vehicles and agencies, the credibility is public record.

Civil Space

Research Partnership

NASA
Active
Ongoing
Commercial

Energy Application

Shell
2015
Long-standing
Exclusive License

Ram Accelerator IP

University of Washington
10+ yrs
60+ patents

Contract details limited to publicly disclosable information. Technical specifics governed by applicable export-control (ITAR) and confidentiality terms. Final contract roster pending General Hypersonics confirmation.