---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001062993-26-005167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FJET"
cik: "0001947016"
company_name: "Starfighters Space, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:30:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:38:44.013922+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starfighters Space raises CEO Franta's salary to $350K from $108K, CFO Whitney to $300K

## Summary
- CEO Tim Franta's annual base salary rises from $108,000 to $350,000, effective September 28, 2026, with a maximum annual bonus of 50% of base.
- CFO David Whitney's annual base salary rises from $180,000 to $300,000, with a maximum annual bonus of 30% of base.
- Bonus amounts above $75,000 are paid 65% cash and 35% in RSUs vesting in equal installments over three years from grant date.
- Board and compensation committee also approved back pay: Franta for March 1, 2026 through the Effective Date; Whitney for June 24, 2026 through the Effective Date.
- Payments reflect the difference between amounts actually paid and amounts that would have been paid at the new salary levels.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001062993-26-005167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FJET
- cik: 0001947016
- company_name: Starfighters Space, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:30:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1947016/000106299326005167/0001062993-26-005167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1947016/000106299326005167/form8k.htm

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