Firefly Aerospace Backers Explore $1.5 Billion Sale

  • Space company’s investors include AE Industrial Partners
  • Firefly has contracts to launch satellites, moon lander
Firefly Aerospace's FLTA004 Alpha Rocket

Source: PR Newswire

Firefly Aerospace Inc. investors are considering a sale that could value the closely held rocket and moon lander maker at about $1.5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Backers, which include US private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, are working with an adviser on strategic options for Firefly, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.