The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Firefly Aerospace: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $1.1B raised. 1 source back the record.
Firefly Aerospace holds 1 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
American space and defense technology company developing launch vehicles (Alpha), lunar landers (Blue Ghost), and orbital vehicles. Record Q1 2026 revenue of $80.9M. $332M total funding across 4 rounds.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundPublic Offering post-money
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Firefly Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Honeybee Robotics1× joint3 total
- 2NASA1× joint
Most recent
- with Honeybee Roboticsoperating
Firefly Aerospace on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Firefly Aerospace's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Firefly Aerospace, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is Firefly Blue Ghost?
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Current leadership (2)
- Jason Kim CEOreported, not verified
- Tom Markusic Co-founder, former CEO; Board Member & Chief Technical Advisorsince 2014-03-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Tom Markusiccofounderfounded 2014-03-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Firefly Aerospace.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Firefly Aerospace1 deployment
Recent coverage
Firefly Aerospace in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Firefly Aerospace competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $1.1B
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Firefly Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Honeybee Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Honeybee Robotics1× joint3 total
- 2NASA1× joint
Funding rounds (3)
Firefly Aerospace’s 3 disclosed rounds, $1.1B in total, oldest to newest.
- Public Offering2025-08-01
$868M(reported) · $10.0B post
- Series D2024-11-01
$175M(reported) · $2.0B post
- Series B2022-03-01
$75M(reported) · $600M post
Investors: AE Industrial Partners (AEI) (lead)
Regulatory filings (1)
- CLPS Task Order (BGM1)other · othergranted
Linked models: Blue Ghost Lander
Timeline
Every recorded move in Firefly Aerospace’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPublic Offering funding round
2025-08-01Public Offering raising $868000000
PartnershipHoneybee Robotics x Firefly Aerospace (Gruithuisen Domes Lunar Rover)
2025-03-24Firefly Aerospace contracted Honeybee Robotics to provide the lunar rover for NASA's task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon's near side in 2028. The rover will carry NASA's Lunar-VISE instruments to investigate the subsurface composition of the Gruithuisen Gamma Dome, deployed by Firefly's Blue Ghost lander.
Funding roundSeries D funding round
2024-11-01Series D raising $175000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2022-03-01Series B raising $75000000
Key hireTom Markusic joins as Co-founder, former CEO; Board Member & Chief Technical Advisor
2014-03-01Tom Markusic appointed Co-founder, former CEO; Board Member & Chief Technical Advisor (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 landing
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 2, 2025
Blue Ghost Lander at The Moon
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Firefly Aerospace.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Firefly Aerospace from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Zeno gets a chance to use its nuclear heater on the moon
A nuclear-powered heater built by Zeno Power Systems is slated to fly to the moon aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander for a demonstration mission that could take…
Zeno Power Books its First Nuclear Mission to the Moon
Zeno Power is ready to pull its first all-nighter. On Wednesday, the nuclear-energy startup announced a commercial payload agreement with Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) to send a…
Firefly Aerospace: Six Contracted Lunar Missions Highlight Q2 Contract Surge As Revenue Jumps 659%
Firefly Aerospace's 659% year-over-year revenue growth was one of the more dramatic figures in its second-quarter results, but the expanding collection of government and…
Firefly Targets Late 2026 Debut for Upgraded Alpha Rocket
Spaceflight Now reports during an investor earnings call on Tuesday, Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim said the company now expects... The post Firefly Targets Late 2026 Debut for…
Firefly Announces Record Q2 Results
Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) posted its first-ever $100M+ quarter on Tuesday, backed by a fresh slate of launch and defense announcements. The post Firefly Announces Record Q2 Results…
Firefly extends Lockheed Martin launch agreement through 2031 for up to 25 Alpha Block II missions and sea-based operations
Firefly Aerospace has extended its multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin by two years, covering up to 25 dedicated Alpha Block II launches through 2031.
Firefly’s SciTec secures $93.7 million deal to modernize U.S. Space Force ground radar infrastructure with common digital architecture
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, has received a $93.7 million U.S. Space Force award to modernize ground-based radar infrastructure.
NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations
NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To…
Meta Cloud Business; NASA Lunar Lander Contracts | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Space companies including FireFly Aerospace (FLY) Intuitive Machines (LUNR) and Voyager Technologies (VOYG) shares are moving on news that NASA…
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Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
Video
CNBC's Morgan Brennan and Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's IPO debut, importance of lunar missions, pathway to profitability, and more.
Firefly Aerospace posted record annual revenue, capping a year marked by a moon landing and a public offering, but also some explosive mishaps with its core roc
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Watch Firefly land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, Blue Ghost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium.
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon on March 2, 2025. See footage of the descent and landing here. Full Story: https://www.space.co
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has captured breathtaking footage from lunar orbit as it prepares for landing! 🌑✨ This historic mission, part of NASA’
NASA is sending drones to the moon to help prepare for a permanent human presence. Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim, whose company just secured a $75 million con
The Daytripper heads to Briggs, Texas, to explore one of the most exciting frontiers in modern innovation — Firefly Aerospace, where rockets are literally being
Surveillance video captured the moment a Firefly Aerospace rocket exploded at a launch site in Burnet County, Texas. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.y
First flight dome complete for Eclipse! Built on our Automated Fiber Placement machine, this breakthrough tackles one of the biggest challenges of composite man
Out at the Rocket Ranch, Test Stand 1 is our workhorse - firing at least one engine a day. Hear from the team building and testing our engines so they are ready
Touring the facilities of Firefly Aerospace ($FLY) and sharing my takeaways. CEO Interview: https://youtu.be/bK7F9mOWRYQ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PV
Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace (FLY), explains how the company has become involved with NASA's SkyFall mission that serves as a stepping stone to put human
Due to the complexity of a single rocket launch, there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes in order for a mission to launch and be successful. This
#stockmarketnews #financialnews #stockmarketnews #fireflystock Firefly Aerospace is making significant strides in space travel, reporting record revenue and ex
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost, a 6½-foot-tall robotic moon lander, is set to launch later this year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. This
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Firefly Aerospace draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the 27th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +67, 5th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Well-capitalized with $1.1B raised. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026