{"title":"Agile Space Industries vs Ursa Major: Propulsion & engines compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/agile-space-industries-vs-ursa-major","comparison":"Ursa Major ranks 29 on the Space 100 with a score of 79; Agile Space Industries ranks 100 with 63. Agile Space Industries is ahead on deployment. Ursa Major is ahead on production, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on commercials and progress. Agile Space Industries is based in Durango, United States, Ursa Major in Berthoud, United States. Ursa Major: Private, founded 2015. Agile Space Industries is named in 77 signals and Ursa Major in 34.","companies":[{"name":"Agile Space Industries","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agile-space-industries","city":"Durango","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Agile Space Industries is a US maker of additively manufactured hypergolic thrusters with an in-house test complex, in the lander and spacecraft propulsion niche. Its evidence this pass is verified-light as the AM-hypergolics specialist. Revenue is <25m class (private); a dedicated pass is owed.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":100,"score":63,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":4,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":4,"commercial":6,"deployment":10,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Agile Space Industries develops, manufactures, and hot-fire tests rocket engines and propulsion systems for launch and spacecraft applications, including the VoidRunner and Spectre engine programs.","segment":"Propulsion & engines","layer":"Launch"},"signals_total":77,"facts_total":98},{"name":"Ursa Major","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/ursa-major","city":"Berthoud","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2015,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Ursa Major is a US propulsion maker whose Hadley engine powers a DoD hypersonic test bed and whose Draper engine is prime on AFRL's Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator, across three businesses (hypersonics, solid rocket motors, space propulsion), with revenue of $18.5M in 2024 rising to $45M in 2025 and ~$100M projected for 2026. It announced a definitive SPAC merger with Bleichroeder III in August 2026 at ~$2.3B post-money (a Nasdaq close targeted for Q1-27), unveiled its HAVOC missile (February 2026), and opened a Longmont facility. A disclosed risk: its projections assume an 88% CAGR in the US munitions budget, and customers are concentrated (USAF, Navy, RTX, BAE).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":29,"score":79,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Ursa Major manufactures and supplies in-space propulsion systems and rocket motors for aerospace and launch customers.","segment":"Propulsion & engines","layer":"Launch"},"signals_total":34,"facts_total":180}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}