secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Firefly Aerospace Inc. (FLY)
CIK:        0001860160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-267129
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525267129/0001193125-25-267129-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525267129/d949895d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-267129

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