Firefly Aerospace vs Rocket Lab

Published offerings and questions

• Firefly Aerospace

  Cedar Park, TX, United States

  Firefly Aerospace develops launch vehicles, lunar landers, and in-space transportation systems for commercial and government customers.

  Firefly Aerospace's published portfolio separates launch vehicles, Blue Ghost lunar landers and Elytra orbital vehicles. Its homepage describes Alpha and Eclipse under launch, and payload delivery and other services under its in-space offering. These serve distinct mission stages: buying a ride to orbit, delivering a payload to the Moon and obtaining an orbital service require different interfaces and success criteria. Offering context reviewed October 1, 2026.

  Name the mission service, payload destination and required schedule. Ask about payload interfaces, integration responsibilities, operations, communications and what counts as successful delivery. Distinguish announced development work from the configuration and service available for your mission. A company-level award is a lead for research; verify which launch, lander or orbital service the customer actually purchased.

• Rocket Lab

  Long Beach, CA, United States

  Rocket Lab provides launch services, spacecraft, satellite components, and space systems, including solutions for national-security missions.

  Rocket Lab publishes Electron launch services alongside configurable spacecraft, satellite components and flight and ground software. Its space-systems portfolio means a founder could be evaluating a component supplier, a spacecraft integration partner or a launch provider within the same organization. Specify the deliverable and product line before treating those engagements as comparable. Offering context reviewed October 1, 2026.

  For launch, identify the target orbit, payload interface, integration milestones and schedule responsibility. For spacecraft or components, establish the supplied configuration, qualification evidence, software scope and acceptance boundary. Ask who owns the interfaces between your payload, the spacecraft, the launch service and ground operations.

Matched company-level award evidence

• 80JSC026F7019 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2026-06-30 · Reported $31.3M

  FINALIZE THE MISSION DESIGN, EXECUTE LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS TO SUPPORT THE AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, AND DELIVER ALL BASE MILESTONES AND PRODUCTS.

• 80AFRC26FA041 contract award

  Rocket Lab · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2026-05-28 · Reported $433K

  DEVELOP GEOSPACE DYNAMICS CONSTELLATION (GDC) TRAILBLAZER MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD) TITLED T0433 GDC TRAILBLAZER

• 80GSFC26C0008 contract award

  Rocket Lab · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2026-02-23 · Reported $391K

  MARS END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SERVICE ARCHITECTURES: STUDIES TO ADVANCE END-TO-END COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR MARS EXPLORATION, IDENTIFYING PERFORMANCE NEEDS AND COMMERCIAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.

• HQ085926FG394 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · Department of Defense · 2026-01-16 · Reported $500

  SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.

• HQ085926FE799 contract award

  Rocket Lab · Department of Defense · 2025-12-05 · Reported $500

  SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.

• 80NSSC25C0413 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-09-29 · Reported $150K

  PHASE III SBIR 80NSSC25C0413 PLANETARY DEFENSE STUDY

• 80AFRC25FA060 contract award

  Rocket Lab · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-09-26 · Reported $546K

  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP GEN 1 SOLAR SAIL MISSION CONCEPTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THE OBJECTIVES OF A FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (MRD) TITLED T0412 GEN1 SOLAR SAIL DEMONSTRATION

• 80JSC025F7057 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-07-29 · Reported $86.5M

  COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS) CONTRACT TASK ORDER CS-6.

• 80JSC025F7059 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-07-16 · Reported $599K

  CX-1 FIREFLY MID-SIZED LANDER STUDY BASE AWARD

• FA865625FB071 contract award

  Rocket Lab · Department of Defense · 2025-04-09 · Reported $1K

  FOURTH ON-RAMP FOR EGLIN WIDE AGILE ACQUISITION CONTRACT (EWAAC) VEHICLE.

• FA881125FB007 contract award

  Rocket Lab · Department of Defense · 2025-03-28 · Reported $5.0M

  NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 1 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT

• 80JSC025F7026 contract award

  Firefly Aerospace · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2024-12-18 · Reported $108.2M

  COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS)

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