# Firefly Aerospace signs $1.3B rocket engine deal with AST SpaceMobile

Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with AST SpaceMobile valued at more than $1.3 billion to deliver 36 rocket engines, provide a license to the engine's intellectual property, and offer engineering support over three years for AST SpaceMobile's new heavy-lift rocket.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2026-11-06
- Where: Cedar Park, Texas, United States
- Value: $1.30B
- Status: announced
- Products: Miranda engines, Vira engines, heavy-lift rocket
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Firefly Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/32121.md) (supplier)
- [AST SpaceMobile](https://endata.com/companies/32122.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [investors.fireflyspace.com](https://investors.fireflyspace.com/news-releases/news-release-details/firefly-aerospace-signs-rocket-engine-deal-valued-more-13), 2026-11-06: "Firefly Aerospace today announced an agreement with AST SpaceMobile for more than $1.3 billion to deliver 36 rocket engines, provide a license to the engine's intellectual property, and offer engineering support over a three-year period for AST SpaceMobile's new heavy-lift rocket."

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