FIREFLY RESEARCH, INC.
Solar electric transfer stage vehicle for payload transport from Low Earth Orbit to Lunar Orbit
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Cedar Park, TX
- Total capital
- $207K
- Federal grants
- $124K
- 1 award · 2021
- Rank in peer group#39 of 187
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $83K
- 1 award · NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#689 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · Firefly Research, Llc (ffr) Is Pleased To Propose To NASA The Development Of A Space Utility Vehicle (suv) To A Cdr Level Of Fidelity. This Vehicle Serves As A Solar Electric Transfer Stage, Offering Enough Delta-v To Transfer More Than 500 Kg Of Pay$83K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Reusable High Delta-V Transfer Stage for Small Spacecraft$124K
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Standing among 187 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · Device
- Federal grants#39 · top 21%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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