Ursa Major Technologies, Inc.

Ursa Major is an American aerospace company headquartered in Berthoud, Colorado, with additional operations in Youngstown, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. Founded in 2015, its core mission is to develop and deliver advanced aerospace technology and defense systems, focusing on propulsion, at scale and with speed. The company aims to restore agility and manufacturing power to the American defense industrial base.

The company specializes in flight-proven propulsion systems for hypersonics, solid rocket motors, and space mobility. Key products include liquid rocket engines like Hadley and Draper, as well as solid rocket motors and satellite propulsion systems. Ursa Major provides turnkey propulsion solutions for space launch and hypersonic applications, leveraging additive manufacturing and modular architectures to produce scalable engines and solid rocket motors.

In February 2026, Chris Spagnoletti was appointed CEO. The company has recently achieved significant milestones, including 10 successful flights of its Hadley engine, demonstrating reusable hypersonic capability with Stratolaunch. Ursa Major also performed a flight demonstration of its Draper Liquid Rocket Engine with the AFRL. In May 2026, Ursa Major hosted RTX CEO Christopher Calio to showcase its hypersonic systems and solid rocket motor production capacity, emphasizing its readiness to scale for munitions demand. The company is privately held and is recognized as a leading privately funded company focused exclusively on rocket propulsion.