Adranos is a manufacturer of solid rocket motors and advanced rocket fuel, ALITEC, designed to enhance the range, payload capacity, and speed of launch systems. Founded in 2015 and later acquired by Anduril Industries in 2023, Adranos focuses on innovating solid rocket motor development and manufacturing. Their ALITEC fuel, made from an aluminum-lithium alloy, offers increased performance compared to traditional solid rocket fuels. Adranos aims to serve both the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial space customers. Key words associated with Adranos are: solid rocket motors, ALITEC, rocket fuel, advanced manufacturing, and hypersonics.
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Anduril acquired the startup Adranos in 2024.
Anduril Industries plans to invest in Adranos’s solid rocket manufacturing facility in Mississippi to increase production rates.
Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a small solid rocket motor manufacturer founded in 2015, in response to growing Department of Defense demand.
Adranos conducted flight tests under a U.S. Army program in 2019 that demonstrated motors using ALITEC fuel could increase a missile system’s range by nearly 40 percent.
Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors, on 2023-06-25, and the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Adranos opened a fuel-production facility in Indiana in 2024.
Anduril plans to invest in Adranos’s solid rocket complex production facility in Mississippi to increase production rates.
Adranos was founded in 2015 and manufactures solid rocket motors in coastal Mississippi.
Adranos opened a fuel-production facility in Indiana on 2022-09-08.
With the Indiana facility completed, Adranos can produce ALITEC at scales intended to meet the needs of national security and commercial space customers.
Adranos acquired the Mississippi Rocket Complex in late 2020 and uses it as its primary manufacturing site.
Adranos completed its tactical motor test campaign at its 450-acre coastal Mississippi facility.
Adranos completed a $20,000,000 Series A funding round with participation from Bob Bishop, other principals at Impala Asset Management LLC, Explorer1 Fund, Elevate Ventures, and Specific Impulse Capital.
The $20,000,000 Series A round brings Adranos’s total capital raised to date to over $25,000,000.
In 2021, Adranos tested motors that were 10 times larger than prior tests and observed a performance increase beyond previous expectations.
Adranos closed a $20,000,000 Series A funding round on 2022-04-26.
Adranos tested much larger solid rocket motors successfully in 2021.