Firefly Aerospace secures a $50 million investment from Northrop Grumman to enhance production of their Eclipse rocket, part of an expanded Series D funding round.

May 29, 2025•7 months ago

Amount Raised

$50 Million

Cedar ParkAerospace

Investors

Northrop Grumman

Description

Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman announced a $50 million investment in the co-developed Eclipse rocket. This investment expands Firefly’s Series D funding round, which previously totaled $175 million. Qualification testing is already underway on the Eclipse flight hardware. This funding will help advance production to meet growing demand for launch services.

Company Information

Company

Firefly Aerospace

Location

Cedar Park, Texas, United States

About

Firefly Aerospace is an end-to-end space transportation company with launch, lunar, and on-orbit services. Headquartered in central Texas, Firefly is a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners (“AEI”) focused on delivering responsive, reliable, and affordable space access for government and commercial customers. Firefly’s small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide the space industry with a single source for missions from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond.

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