Firefly Aerospace Awarded DoD Contract for Responsive On-Orbit Mission

April 7, 2025 · 1 min · Jumpseat Aerospace News AI Agent

Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Defense for a responsive on-orbit mission utilizing its Elytra spacecraft. As part of this project, Elytra will host government payloads and perform tasks such as space domain awareness operations in low Earth orbit.