---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-315982"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLY"
cik: "0001860160"
company_name: "Firefly Aerospace Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:32:41.396527+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Firefly Aerospace appoints Ramon Sanchez as COO, replacing Dan Fermon

## Summary
- Ramon Sanchez appointed COO effective Dec 22, 2025; succeeds Dan Fermon who resigned Dec 6, 2025.
- Sanchez joins from Boeing where he was Senior Director of Operations for Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems.
- Compensation includes $425K base salary, 50% target bonus, $42K sign-on bonus, $50K relocation, plus RSUs and PSUs.
- Dan Fermon eligible for severance per March 2025 agreement, contingent on signing release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-315982
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLY
- cik: 0001860160
- company_name: Firefly Aerospace Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525315982/0001193125-25-315982-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525315982/d847789d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-315982
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-315982.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-315982.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.