Cedar Park - Far Northwest Austin Edition | July 2025

BY STEVE GUNTLI & SAM SCHAFFER

Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in Firey Aerospace

Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, announced May 29 that it will invest $50 million in Cedar Park’s Fire- y Aerospace to develop new rocket technology. The details The cash infusion will go towards furthering development on Eclipse, a medium-lift launch vehicle that combines technology from Northrop Grumman’s Antares and Firey’s Alpha rockets. The Eclipse project will be used to carry cargo into low-Earth orbit, and will have a payload capacity of up to 16,000 kilograms, according to Firey’s website. The Eclipse mission is slated to launch in 2026, and will be used for space station resupply mis- sions, commercial spacecraft, national security

Central Texas SPCA breaks ground The Central Texas SPCA hosted a ground- breaking for its new facility June 20. The roughly 4,000 square foot facility is expected to be completed in 12 to 14 months, Assistant Manager Ivan Ohannessian said. Two-minute impact The facility will be able to hold about 25 cats and 20 dogs, Ohannessian said. Ohannessian said he expects the new facility to cost about $2 million.

Cedar Park-based Firey Aerospace received an investment to advance their Eclipse rocket program.

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missions and scientic payloads for the domestic and international market, according to the website. Quote of note “Firey is incredibly grateful for Northrop Grumman’s investment that further solidies our rst-of-its-kind partnership to build the rst stage of Antares 330 and jointly develop Eclipse,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firey Aerospace, in a news release.

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