Flight Works, Inc.
Liquid hydrogen pumps and cryogenic fuel system components for aircraft
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Irvine, CA
- Total capital
- $15.4M
- Federal grants
- $14.8M
- 13 awards · 2016–2025
- Rank in peer group#16 of 155
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $602K
- 4 awards · NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#595 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 1
- 1 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#60 of 155
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Helium Refueling Demonstration For On-orbit Servicing Applications Using Efficient High-pressure-ratio Compressor$150K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Contract Award$140K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SF243-D018 Space Sustainment And Maneuver: Advancing Strategic Superiority In Orbital Operations. As Outlined In The SBIR Topic, The Objective Is To Establish A Robust And Sustainable Framework For Space Sustainment And Maneuver.$1.9M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rapid Ascent Propellant Loading Operations$189K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High-performance, Refuelable, Green Propulsion System For Multi-object Removal Retrieval System$4M
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Compact liquid hydrogen pump for practical fuel management on zero-emission aircraft$150K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High-Performance, High Thrust, ‚ÄúGreen‚Äù Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle for Lunar and Deep Space Missions$5M
Show 10 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High Performance Pump-fed Transfer Stage for Venture Class Cislunar & Deep Space Missions$750K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High Performance Pump-fed Lunar Transfer Stage for Small Launchers$750K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Scalable, High Performance, Pump-Fed Spacecraft Propulsion System$750K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Low Cost, Pump-fed, Non-Catalytic Thruster for Secondary Payload Green Propulsion$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Pump-Fed, Compact, High Performance Green Propulsion System for Secondary Payloads$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Micropump for MON-25/MMH Propulsion and Attitude Control$750K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Flight Works Is Proposing To Expand Its Work In Micro-gear-pumps For Hypergolic And "green" Propellants And Team With Aerojet-rocketdyne In Order To Develop And Demonstrate A Micropump For MON-25 And Mono Methyl Hydrazine (mmh) Bipropellant Thrusters. MON-25, With 25% Of Nitric Oxide (no) And 75% Nitrogen Tetroxide (nto, N2O4), Allows Lowering The Oxidizer Freezing Point To -55 C, Which Is A Close Match To That Of The Fuel, Mmh (which Is Around -51 C). While Toxic, This Propellant C$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Flight Works Is Proposing To Expand Its Work In Micro-gear-pumps For Propulsion Applications In Order To Provide A Highly Capable Propulsion And Attitude Control System (acs) For Asteroid Proximity Operations, Landers And Return Capsules. In Traditional Systems, Larger Thrusters, Specific To Each Mission, Must Be Employed To Counter The Gravity Field Of The Target. Also, Throttling These Larger Thrusters For Proximity Operations And Landing Is Not A Trivial Task. With The Pump, The $125K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions - Task 1: Program Management This Task Encompasses All General And Administrative Activities Associated With Managing The Technical, Cost And Contractual Aspects Of The Project. It Includes Establishing And Maintaining Project Metrics For Cost, Schedule And Technical Performance, Managing Risk, Conducting Regular Project Status, And Interfacing With Customer Officials. Task 2: Modified Prototype Pump Design And Manufacturing This Task Involves All Activities Associat$256K
- Federal contractNASA · Prototype Pump For Nitrogen Textroxide (nto) Transfer. Task 1. Program Management Task 1 Encompasses All General And Administrative Activities Associated With Managing The Technical, Cost And Contractual Aspects Of The Project. It Includes Establishing And Maintaining Project Metrics For Cost, Schedule And Technical Performance, Managing Risk, Conducting Regular Project Status, And Interfacing With Customer Officials. 1.2.TASK 2. Pump Design And Manufacturing Task 2 Involves All Activities Ass$97K
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Standing among 155 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Device
- Federal grants#16 · top 10%
- Granted patents#60 · top 39%
- Linked publications#19 · top 12%
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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
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 2- GrantedNormally-Open Valve Assembly With Variable Speed Fluid DisplacementUSPTOUS 12,326,746
- PendingMicropump-fed Autogenous Pressurization SystemUSPTOApplication 15384083
Recent research by its founders
- Development and Qualification of Green Propellant Micropump for MicroSat and CubeSat Propulsion Systems20211 cites
- LOX/Methane Engine Utilizing Liquid/Liquid Co-axial Swirl Injector201110 cites
- Fuel Trade Study for a Nanosat Launch Vehicle Upper Stage20104 cites
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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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