Firefly Aerospace adds a Space Force deorbit-services contract
As the brief logged it
The Space Development Agency and Defense Innovation Unit awarded preliminary Deorbit-as-a-Service design contracts (Aug 13-14) to Firefly (Elytra spacecraft), Katalyst Space, and D-Orbit, which disclosed its own $24M award; Firefly's and Katalyst's individual dollar figures are undisclosed, and the three-way award covers only "preliminary designs and risk-reduction activities" ahead of a single-contractor on-orbit demonstration selection — below the $100M DOD/GOVERNMENT-CONTRACT MATERIALITY FLOOR on current disclosure and not independently confirmed above it. Reinforces the same "launch is shrinking as a share of Firefly's business" read this desk logged 08-14 from the company's own Q2 call and de Selding's reporting.
Provenance
Logged in the brief of 15 August 2026.
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