# Firefly Aerospace acquires Ingersoll AFP machines for composite rocket production

Firefly Aerospace announced it will acquire Mongoose Hybrid automated fiber placement systems from Ingersoll Machine Tools to automate production of its all-composite Alpha and Beta launch vehicles. The first system will be installed in May 2021 at its Briggs, Texas facility, and a second at its new Florida factory in 2022.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-10-30
- Where: Briggs, Texas, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: automated fiber placement systems, composite rocket components
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Firefly Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/32121.md) (customer)
- [Ingersoll Machine Tools](https://endata.com/companies/42992.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/firefly-aerospace-to-automate-composite-rocket-production-with-ingersoll-afp-machine), 2020-10-30: "High-speed, robotic, large-scale AFP machines, like those produced by Ingersoll Machine Tools, are now widely utilized in the aircraft industry."

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