Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ:FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the commencement of a public offering of its common stock by Firefly and certain selling stockholders (the "Offering"). Firefly is offering 4,000,000 shares of common stock and the selling stockholders are offering 8,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The selling stockholders intend to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The Offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed. Firefly intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including to support growth of core business and recently awarded programs and initiatives. Firefly will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.