*Lunar sunset captured by Blue Ghost from the Moon with Earth and Venus on the horizon on March 16, 2025; Credit: Firefly Aerospace
CEDAR PARK, Texas, Nov. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced it was onboarded as a vendor under NASA's $10 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) 2 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, positioning the company to compete for and deliver task orders that will advance the Agency's scientific, exploration, and infrastructure objectives on the lunar surface over a 10-year ordering period.
Designed to increase the cadence of commercial deliveries to the Moon, NASA’s CLPS 2 initiative is leveraging CLPS 1 successes with an emphasis on lander reliability, larger cargo landers, and the delivery of critical infrastructure required to establish and sustain a permanent Moon Base. Firefly's onboarding to CLPS 2 reflects the company’s established track record in meeting NASA’s program requirements as was demonstrated on Blue Ghost Mission 1 that successfully landed on the Moon and completed all mission objectives in March 2025.
"Blue Ghost Mission 1 proved Firefly can deliver on the Moon, and now CLPS 2 gives us the opportunity to do it again and again at greater scale," said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace. "Every lesson we learned operating from Earth to the Moon is being folded into how we scale up our landers and deliver repeatable lunar access. As a partner that has already been to the Moon’s surface and knows what it takes to succeed, our customers can count on us to deliver more complex lunar missions while reducing risks along the way."
Following its successful Moon landing, Firefly has won four additional missions under CLPS 1 as well as a contract to deliver NASA’s MoonFall mission. The company is ramping up production of its Blue Ghost landers and Elytra orbiters in its newly expanded cleanroom that can accommodate up to 12 spacecraft.
Firefly is also scaling up the proven technologies into a larger lander architecture to meet growing demand for small to heavy payload delivery and hosting services on and around the Moon. The larger lander is designed to deliver significantly more lunar cargo, terrain vehicles, infrastructure, and power systems essential to a permanent human and robotic lunar presence. After acquiring SciTec and Space-ng, Firefly is further utilizing its proven AI software to enable advanced autonomous guidance and descent operations, along with enhanced on-orbit data processing for each mission.
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for responsive space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with approximately 24-hour notice and the first to achieve a successful Moon landing. Firefly’s launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles paired with its AI software and data processing capabilities support end-to-end missions across cislunar space, including payload delivery and maneuverability, space domain awareness, and missile warning and tracking. Established in 2017, Firefly’s engineering, manufacturing, and test facilities are co-located in central Texas to enable rapid innovation and vertical integration across the company’s product lines. For more information, visit www.fireflyspace.com.
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