Frontier Aerospace Corporation is a developer of rocket propulsion technologies, specializing in liquid rockets for lunar landers, on-orbit servicing, hypersonics, and satellite applications. As a manufacturer, Frontier Aerospace provides booster rocket engine components, reaction control thrusters, and deep space exploration thrusters. Their engines are used in missile defense, space transportation, and earth observation satellites. The company's TALOS thrusters are designed to reduce costs for NASA and commercial spacecraft destined for the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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Frontier Aerospace Corporation recently delivered flight thrusters supporting the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program.
Frontier Aerospace Corporation closed a $10,000,000 Series A funding round from AEI HorizonX.
Frontier Aerospace Corporation will fully develop a modern test facility for rapid implementation to support major upcoming development programs using the new investment.
The $10,000,000 Series A funding will accelerate Frontier Aerospace Corporation’s engine development activities and support major expansion of its manufacturing and vacuum test facilities.
Frontier Aerospace raised $10,000,000 in Series A funding from AEI HorizonX.
Frontier Aerospace will fully develop a modern test facility for rapid implementation to support upcoming development programs.
The $10,000,000 Series A funding will accelerate Frontier Aerospace’s engine development activities and support major expansion of its manufacturing and vacuum test facilities.
New Frontier Aerospace is supported by National Security Innovation Capital, a U.S. Department of Defense program that provides funding to early-stage hardware startups commercializing dual-use technologies critical to national security and economic competitiveness.
Frontier Aerospace funded its growth primarily through contracts and had not sought outside investment prior to American Pacific’s investment.
Frontier Aerospace won contracts to provide propulsion systems for lunar landers being built by Astrobotic and by Masten Space Systems.
With funds provided by American Pacific, Frontier Aerospace plans to expand its staff and testing operations.
Frontier Aerospace will deliver five 700-lbf engines for Griffin to perform braking into lunar orbit and descent to a soft touchdown on the lunar surface.
Frontier Aerospace is expanding its product suite to offer electric propulsion in addition to custom-built liquid propulsion systems.
Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company, awarded Frontier Aerospace a January contract to build 700-pound-thrust axial engines for the Griffin lunar lander.
Frontier Aerospace built 150-pound and 10-pound thrusters for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Frontier Aerospace is scheduled to deliver flight-qualified Griffin engines to Astrobotic in 2022.
Frontier Aerospace shifted its recent focus to developing propulsion systems for geostationary orbit and deep space under NASA contracts.
Masten Space Systems selected Frontier Aerospace to produce thrusters for the XL-1 lunar lander.
Frontier Aerospace won a $1,900,000 NASA Tipping Point award in 2018 to flight-qualify thrusters for Astrobotic’s first Peregrine lunar lander flight.
Jim McKinnon established Frontier Aerospace in 2014.