Key Highlights
- Starfighters Space joined an Exos Aerospace-led team seeking work under the US Air Forces Velocity Alliance.
- Exos Aerospace told Starfighters its onboarding white paper was rated technically acceptable by the Air Force Test Center.
- The team is still completing onboarding, and participation does not mean any contract award.
Starfighters Space, Inc. (NYSE American: FJET) said it has joined a team led by Exos Aerospace Systems & Technologies, Inc. to pursue potential work through the US Air Forces Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Velocity Alliance, an acquisition vehicle tied to modernizing aerospace test infrastructure.
According to the company, Exos Aerospace submitted a white paper under the Velocity Alliances second onboarding opportunity that named Starfighters as its external teaming partner, and Exos Aerospace informed Starfighters that the Air Force Test Center evaluated the white paper as technically acceptable.
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The release said the Exos team is now completing remaining onboarding requirements for participation in the Velocity Alliance. It also emphasized that onboarding participation does not constitute a contract award, task order, or commitment of government funding, and that there is no assurance Exos Aerospace will complete onboarding or that Starfighters will generate revenue from the effort.
The Velocity Alliance is described in the release as an enterprise-level acquisition vehicle established by AEDC and the Air Force Test Center to accelerate sustainment, restoration, and modernization of US aerospace test infrastructure, including for hypersonic technologies. The Air Force has described the alliance as a pre-qualified, competitive ecosystem of industry partners capable of supporting a multibillion-dollar portfolio of infrastructure projects.
Starfighters said its F-104 aircraft can be configured to carry test articles and payloads through high-speed atmospheric flight conditions to support research, development, test and evaluation of aerospace and defence technologies. The company said a typical 45-minute mission can include up to about 10 minutes at Mach 2+.
Starfighters also pointed to prior work it said it performed under GE Aerospaces Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) program, which it described as separate from and unrelated to AEDC. In that program, the company said a Starfighters F-104 completed three supersonic captive-carry flights from Kennedy Space Center carrying an advanced propulsion test vehicle.
In the releases company background, Starfighters said it operates its F-104 fleet at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Midland International Air & Space Port in Texas. Exos Aerospace said it is headquartered in Greenville, Texas and builds and operates reusable suborbital rockets, with its BLK3 vehicle scheduled for its next flight in early 2027.
The original press release is available on stockhouse.com
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