Space & Satellite Systems

Firefly Aerospace

High0/3 relationships sourcedProfile verified Aug 29, 2026

30-Second Executive Brief

Executive Assessment

Firefly Aerospace functions as an established institution within Space & Satellite Systems, backed by 0% sourcing coverage, with accelerating strategic relevance.

  • Maintains 3 mapped relationships across the graph
  • 0% sourcing coverage across sourced relationships
  • Tracked as established institution within the Space & Satellite Systems category

Executive Snapshot

Strategic Role
Established Institution
Sourcing Coverage
0%
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Computed live from this entity's own relationships and evidence: how many relationships carry at least one linked citation, weighted with citation recency and source type — independent of Strategic Importance, and not a prediction. Not a hand-typed number; recalculated on every read.

Ecosystem Influence
High
Strategic Momentum
Accelerating

Coverage

Mapped Relationships
3
Technology Domains
4

Strategic Implications

  • Central node connecting multiple strategic ecosystems
  • Directly influences technology and capital flows
  • Material relevance to downstream dependency mapping

Top Opportunities

A record $1.5 billion backlog and guided $420-450 million in full-year 2026 revenue support continued rapid scaling across Firefly's launch, lunar lander and defense contract businesses following its 2025 NASDAQ listing.

Top Risks

Extremely rapid revenue growth (659% year-over-year) from a small base creates execution risk in scaling Alpha launch cadence, Blue Ghost lunar missions and new Eclipse/Elytra programs simultaneously.
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US space and defense company (Alpha rocket, Blue Ghost lunar lander) that went public on NASDAQ in August 2025; reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $117.7 million (up 659% year-over-year, up 46% sequentially) with backlog climbing to a record $1.5 billion, guiding full-year 2026 revenue of $420-450 million driven by Alpha launch expansion, Blue Ghost lunar missions, growing defense contracts, and new spacecraft programs Eclipse and Elytra.

Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

Coolingdriven mostly by insider filing activity, down 8 since last check

Additional Intelligence Signals

Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.

Earnings-call mentions

Mentions NVIDIA

Announced collaboration with NVIDIA to enable rapid on-orbit processing in lunar orbit for Firefly's Ocula Moon imaging service, utilizing an NVIDIA Jetson module combined with Firefly's AI software on Elytra to rapidly process data on-orbit.

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001860160-26-000022) · Aug 11, 2026

Mentions Lockheed Martin

Signed an extension to Lockheed Martin's multi-launch agreement for Alpha flights for up to 25 launches through 2031 using the Block II configuration.

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001860160-26-000022) · Aug 11, 2026

Federal contract disclosures

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $112,770,706: COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS) TASK ORDER CS-3

USAspending.gov · Mar 14, 2023

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $110,613,083: ENHAMCED LANDING AND MONILITY STUDY

USAspending.gov · Feb 4, 2021

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $108,229,327: COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS)

USAspending.gov · Dec 18, 2024

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $77,936,920: COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS) CONTRACT TASK ORDER CS-6.

USAspending.gov · Jul 29, 2025

National Aeronautics and Space Administration — $25,926,911: FINALIZE THE MISSION DESIGN, EXECUTE LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS TO SUPPORT THE AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, AND DELIVER ALL BASE MILESTONES AND PRODUCTS.

USAspending.gov · Jun 30, 2026

Sources

Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.

Evidence

1 source

Insider Filing Activity

2Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days-8 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Sep 7, 2026

Correlated Activity

Both Firefly Aerospace and Rocket Lab which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Rocket Lab in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both Firefly Aerospace and Stoke Space which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Stoke Space in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Acquisition & Investment Fit

AI-reasoned, generated only from entities already in InsightNodes's own graph — a hypothetical strategic-fit exercise, not real M&A intelligence or a signal that any deal is planned or in progress.

Relationship Map

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Aug 2026: Q2 2026 revenue surges 659% to record $117.7 millionAug 2026: Firefly Aerospace Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results With Record Revenue Of…

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Firefly Aerospace's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of Firefly Aerospace's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Aug 2026 · Q2 2026 revenue surges 659% to record $117.7 million

    Firefly Aerospace reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $117.7 million, up 659% year-over-year and 46% sequentially, with backlog climbing to a record $1.5 billion, guiding full-year 2026 revenue of $420-450 million driven by Alpha rocket launches, Blue Ghost lunar missions and growing defense contracts.