{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001493152-26-050513","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ASTS","cik":"0001780312","company_name":"AST SpaceMobile, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-11-06T22:00:25+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-11-06T22:02:00.704205+00:00","generated_at":"2026-11-06T22:02:10.750975+00:00","sec_items":["7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"AST SpaceMobile to build Blacklift rocket with Firefly engines in deals totaling ~$1.3B","bullets":["Pays ~$800M upfront for a perpetual license to manufacture Firefly's Miranda and Vira engines: $400M cash plus 10-14M Class A shares set by forward VWAP.","$250M for engines on the first three Blacklift rockets plus $250M over three years for Firefly engineering services, ~$1.3B in total.","Blacklift is a reusable 20-ton rocket targeting up to five BlueBird satellites per launch starting late 2028; a new U.S. engine plant is planned.","Miranda is a 230,000 lbf thrust engine with 175+ hot-fire tests and 4,200 seconds of runtime; Firefly (FLY) CEO Jason Kim calls it a 'bold transformational deal.'","External launch agreements now cover over 100 BlueBirds cumulatively in 2027-2028; BlueBird arrays are in production through unit 51 in Midland, Texas."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-050513","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-050513.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-050513.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-050513.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315226050513/0001493152-26-050513-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1780312/000149315226050513/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-11-06T22:02:10.750975+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}