Firefly Aerospace Joins the Russell 2000® and Russell 3000® Indexes
Firefly Aerospace employees celebrating the company's Initial Public Offering on top of the Nasdaq MarketSite tower in New York, NY on Aug. 7, 2025.
CEDAR PARK, Texas, Dec. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ:FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today joined the Russell 2000® Index, as published by the FTSE Russell.
Firefly was one of 18 companies selected for addition to the Russell 2000® in December. Membership in the Russell 2000® Index also triggered the company's addition to the broad-market Russell 3000® Index.
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors as benchmarks for investment strategies. The market capitalization-based indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a global index provider that offers a broad range of market indexes to measure the performance of different segments of the global financial markets.
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables government and commercial customers to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for responsive space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with approximately 24-hour notice. Firefly is also the only company to achieve a fully successful landing on the Moon. Established in 2017, Firefly's engineering, manufacturing, and test facilities are co-located in central Texas to enable rapid innovation. The company's small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles are built with common flight-proven technologies to enable speed, reliability, and cost efficiencies for each mission from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. For more information, visit www.fireflyspace.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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