{"id":693306,"date":"2025-10-06T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/firefly-leans-into-its-defense-ambitions-with-855m-scitec-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:05:09","slug":"firefly-leans-into-its-defense-ambitions-with-855m-scitec-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/firefly-leans-into-its-defense-ambitions-with-855m-scitec-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly leans into its defense ambitions with $855M SciTec acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefly Aerospace on Sunday said it had agreed to buy defense analytics firm SciTec for about $855 million in cash and stock, paving the path to its goal of becoming a significant player in the national security market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firefly will pay around $300 million in cash and $555 million in new shares, and the deal is expected to close by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Princeton-based SciTec sells missile-warning and tracking systems, space domain awareness tools, and analytics to defense and intelligence customers. Earlier this year, Space Force awarded the company a $259 million contract to develop a ground system for missile-detection satellites.\u00a0The company reported annual revenue of $164 million as of the end of June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acquisition comes nearly two months after Firefly\u2019s IPO, which valued it at nearly $10 billion. The deal is part of the company\u2019s efforts to reposition itself as a vertically integrated defense contractor from being a launch-and-spacecraft manufacturer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing SciTec in-house will no doubt prove helpful, especially as the Pentagon seeks more commercial partners for missile tracking and early-warning systems, including for its \u201cGolden Dome\u201d missile-defense program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the deal closes, SciTec will operate as a subsidiary of Firefly, and will be led by its current CEO, Jim Lisowski. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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