Firehawk Defense funding, valuation and investors

Product & use cases

Firehawk replaces multi-day or multi-week cast-and-cure propellant production with a thermoplastic process that creates storable energetic feedstock in hours. The material can be compression-molded, extruded or 3D-printed into motor grains.

• 155mm artillery base-bleed motors
• Hydra-70 rockets and other small-diameter solid rocket motors
• Rocket-assisted takeoff and projectile motors

Key facts

• Closed more than $150 million in Series D financing at a valuation above $1.4 billion on October 28, 2026.
• Plans to scale thermoplastic propellant and artillery-motor production in Oklahoma and Mississippi.

Competitive landscape

Edge: The company claims its continuous thermoplastic process shortens propellant cycles and allows more flexible final shaping. The advantage still depends on safety qualification, yield, cost and repeatable production volume.

X-Bow Systems is the closest venture-backed solid-rocket-motor manufacturing competitor. Ursa Major spans solid motors, hypersonics and space propulsion. Aerojet Rocketdyne and Northrop Grumman are large incumbent suppliers.

• X-Bow Systems direct

  Advanced-manufactured solid rocket motors and propulsion systems.

• Ursa Major direct

  Solid rocket motors, hypersonic propulsion and complete missile systems.

• Aerojet Rocketdyne incumbent

  Established U.S. rocket-propulsion supplier.

• Northrop Grumman incumbent

  Established defense prime and solid rocket motor producer.

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