Firefly Aerospace Completes New Cleanroom to Accelerate Spacecraft Production

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    "title": "Firefly Aerospace Completes New Cleanroom to Accelerate Spacecraft Production",
    "excerpt": "*Firefly spacecraft cleanroom ribbon cutting with Ray Allensworth, VP of Spacecraft at Firefly; Norman Garza, Texas Space Commission Executive Director; Jason Kim, CEO at Firefly; Adam Schlesinger, NASA CLPS Project Manager; Gwen Griffin, Texas Space Commission Board Chair; Jim Geffre, NASA Moon Base Deputy Manager CEDAR PARK, Texas, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today celebrated the completion of its new cleanroom facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony joined by representatives from Texas Space Commission, federal and state government, and NASA’s Moon Base Program and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The expansion marks a significant milestone in scaling the company's spacecraft manufacturing capabilities to meet growing demand for lunar and in-space services. The new cleanroom is four times the size of Firefly’s existing cleanroom and part of the company's 144,000-square-foot campus in Cedar Park, Texas. Combined, the two cleanrooms enable a dedicated assembly line capable of supporting up to 12 lunar landers and orbital vehicles simultaneously, dramatically increasing throughput as the company ramps up its mission cadence. With an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Class 8 rating, the cleanrooms enable Firefly to assemble, integrate, and test...",
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