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Hanwha Invests In Rocket Motor And Propulsion Startup Firehawk Aerospace

Hanwha Invests In Rocket Motor And Propulsion Startup Firehawk Aerospace
Firehawk in 2025 completed the inaugural flight test of an additively GMLRS-class Firehawk Analog (GFA), a 3D-printed hybrid rocket engine system, demonstrating the company’s ability to additively manufacture hybrid propulsion as part of its ongoing Phase III SBIR contract with the Army Applications Laboratory. Photo: Firehawk Aerospace

Firehawk Aerospace on Monday said it has received a strategic investment from Hanwha Defense USA to further develop the Dallas-based startup’s rocket motor and related propellant technology. The size of the investment was not disclosed although Will Edwards, Firehawk CEO, told Defense Daily it was “eight figures,” which would put it in the double-digit millions of dollars. The Hanwha investment follows a recent $60 million funding raise by Firehawk that included participation by the Czechoslovak Group in an oversubscribed round…

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