U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Partners with Firefly Aerospace

Will Demonstrate Launch and On-Orbit Services

An agreement has been reached between the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Firefly Aerospace to conduct a trade study on its capabilities to rapidly launch Firefly’s Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond Geosynchronous Orbit, referred to as xGEO. Once complete, the trade study will provide the groundwork for up to two Firefly demonstration m…