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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-267129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLY"
cik: "0001860160"
company_name: "Firefly Aerospace Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:24:41.880661+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Firefly closes $855.6M SciTec acquisition, adding defense software and classified facilities

## Summary
- Purchase price: $300M cash + 11.1M shares of FLY common stock valued at $50/share ($555.6M).
- Acquisition closed Oct 31, 2025; first announced Oct 5, 2025.
- Adds 475+ employees, AI-enabled defense software, big data processing for national security.
- SciTec will operate as a subsidiary under CEO Jim Lisowski, reporting to Firefly CEO Jason Kim.
- Strengthens Firefly's position for programs like Golden Dome and missile warning systems.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-267129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLY
- cik: 0001860160
- company_name: Firefly Aerospace Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525267129/0001193125-25-267129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525267129/d949895d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-267129.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: f430bdf7ae86bdfec3293b21fb819d295cea1473
  claim: Firefly Aerospace Inc. completed an acquisition involving SciTec Innovations, LLC for approximately $855.6 million, consisting of (i) $300 million in cash and (ii) 11,111,116 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Com (closed 2025-10-31).
  evidence_excerpt: On October 31, 2025, Firefly Aerospace Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) completed its acquisition of SciTec Innovations, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the successor entity of SciTec, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525267129/0001193125-25-267129-index.htm

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