chairman @firefly_space; @yorkspacesystem; Rocketdyne; co-founder @redwire; space & national security investor
Joined October 2016
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Every touchdown on the Moon or the football field takes a mission-focused team working together to make the extraordinary happen.
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it takes a team to make liftoff happen 🚀🤘
#HookEm | @FireflySpace
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Modernizing defense technologies that keep our homeland safe.
Firefly’s SciTec expanded our contract with the @usairforce to add counter UAS data to the Advanced Battle Management System. These enhancements enable warfighters to improve detection, tracking, and characterization of unmanned aerial threats.
Read more here: fireflyspace.com/news/firefl…
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Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink visited York on Friday, October 2, meeting with company leadership and touring York’s Willow headquarters production facility. The visit provided a firsthand look at York’s spacecraft manufacturing capabilities, supported by the company’s $755 million investment in production capacity and spacecraft inventory.
The visit follows recent contract awards and selections, including two task orders under the Space Data Network (SDN) program and selection for the NITE-STAR IDIQ contract vehicle. York currently operates 5 missions across 3 constellations from 3 mission operations centers, supporting customers from spacecraft production through on-orbit operations.
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Commercial space partners are critical to accelerating innovation, strengthening our industrial base and delivering secure & assured capabilities at speed.
Thanks for hosting us @YorkSpaceSystem
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Commercial space partners are critical to accelerating innovation, strengthening our industrial base and delivering secure & assured capabilities at speed.
Thanks for hosting us @YorkSpaceSystem
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Great work @Starcloud_ team. Excited to see our @NVIDIA H100 planned for Lunar orbit.
Starcloud is going to the moon! 🌚🚀
I'm excited to share that @Starcloud_ has signed an agreement with @FireflySpace to fly onboard Firefly's Elytra spacecraft in lunar orbit, validating capabilities for a future orbital lunar data center.
Integrated on Elytra, Starcloud’s SC-1L processor, including the @NVIDIA H100, will ingest data from Firefly’s onboard Solux vision system, perform high-power AI computing on orbit, and rapidly transmit the processed data back to Earth. The demonstration builds directly on our recent AI computing demonstration in low Earth orbit, extending those proven capabilities into lunar orbit, a strategic priority for both @NASA and the @USSpaceForce.
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Starcloud is going to the moon! 🌚🚀
I'm excited to share that @Starcloud_ has signed an agreement with @FireflySpace to fly onboard Firefly's Elytra spacecraft in lunar orbit, validating capabilities for a future orbital lunar data center.
Integrated on Elytra, Starcloud’s SC-1L processor, including the @NVIDIA H100, will ingest data from Firefly’s onboard Solux vision system, perform high-power AI computing on orbit, and rapidly transmit the processed data back to Earth. The demonstration builds directly on our recent AI computing demonstration in low Earth orbit, extending those proven capabilities into lunar orbit, a strategic priority for both @NASA and the @USSpaceForce.
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More cleanroom space. More spacecraft in production. More missions. Endless possibilities. 🌙 ✨
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The character of conflict has changed, and the architectures underneath it must change with it.
York is proud to support @USSF_SSC vision for a resilient Space Data Network, building the communications infrastructure warfighters operating across manned and unmanned formations will count on to win.
With 3 constellations and 5 missions in operation today, York already delivers the tactical communications mission the SDN builds on. SDN is the next mission we're built to lead.
Bringing the best tech to our missions!🛰️We’re investing in a multi-vendor architecture to build the next gen of the Space Data Network. #USSF has initiated a strategic partnership w/ 5 space companies to develop a highly resilient, open-architecture SDN. ssc.spaceforce.mil/Newsroom/…
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Space is getting crowded and we’re doing something about it.🛰️
We secured a new contract with @DIU_x and @SemperCitiusSDA to design a mission providing deorbit services with our Elytra spacecraft.
Our proprietary system is equipped to deorbit end-of-life satellites of vastly different sizes to help mitigate the growing space debris challenge our industry is up against.
fireflyspace.com/news/firefl…
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We are pleased to announce Vanessa McKenzie will be joining Firefly as the Vice President of Supply Chain, starting later this month. Vanessa brings over a decade of experience leading global supply chain organizations in aerospace and financial industries, which will be instrumental as we enter this next phase of growth.
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Jason Kim, CEO of @fireflyspace, says record revenue, lunar wins and surging launch demand are driving growth as the company ramps Alpha rocket production to meet a strong backlog.
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Firefly locked in two more years with @LockheedMartin, delivering up to 25 launches with our Alpha rocket through 2031. Together we’re expanding responsive space capabilities for national security and commercial customers around the globe. Let's fly.
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The radars defending America are getting an upgrade.
Firefly's SciTec secured a $94 million @USSpaceForce contract for ground-based radar digitization.
This effort is vital to modernizing radar infrastructure and delivering technology that strengthens national defense.
fireflyspace.com/news/firefl…
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When the test stand is this hot, you know orbit is getting close! A 226‑second full‑power firing is a huge step toward flight readiness and toward launches of Eclipse and Antares 330 that will strengthen U.S. launch capability.
Let’s go @fireflyspace 🚀
What’s hotter than a Texas summer? Our Miranda engine.🔥
We fired our Miranda engine at full power for 226 seconds— that’s almost 4 minutes!
This endurance test verifies that the engine can perform beyond the nominal flight duration, meaning this engine is one step closer to being ready for flight. Seven of these Miranda engines will generate the thrust needed to lift our Eclipse rocket off the launch pad and propel it into orbit.
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What’s hotter than a Texas summer? Our Miranda engine.🔥
We fired our Miranda engine at full power for 226 seconds— that’s almost 4 minutes!
This endurance test verifies that the engine can perform beyond the nominal flight duration, meaning this engine is one step closer to being ready for flight. Seven of these Miranda engines will generate the thrust needed to lift our Eclipse rocket off the launch pad and propel it into orbit.
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Scaling the Future of Pharmaceutical Development in Space. 💊 🚀
Today Redwire's SpaceMD announced its first commercial mission on @SpaceX Starfall Spacecraft, accelerating our ability to deliver pharmaceutical, biotech and other in-space microgravity manufacturing capabilities.
Launching in 2028, SpaceMD plans to fly 32 PIL-BOXes, making it the largest dedicated commercial microgravity research mission flown to date.
“Space-based pharmaceutical development is reaching an inflection point,” said John Vellinger, CEO of SpaceMD. “For decades, Redwire has built and operated the infrastructure that has enabled critical progress in microgravity research. Now, by combining our flight-proven microgravity payloads, such as PIL-BOX, with SpaceX’s innovative transportation capabilities, we’re dramatically expanding our ability to serve customers, increase research cadence, and accelerate the creation of life-changing therapies.”
Read here for more:
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Firefly was onboarded to the $981 million U.S. Space Force IDIQ contract for NITE-STAR – the National Space Test and Training Complex Innovative Technology and Engineering - Space Test and Range Capability Development.
This opens the opportunity to compete for task orders to support advanced test and training operations through 2032 utilizing our proven spacecraft and ground systems expertise.
More here: spacenews.com/space-force-pi…
