Frontier Aerospace

Frontier Aerospace Corporation is a United States propulsion company that develops hypergolic bipropellant engines and thrusters for spacecraft. Its website says the company was founded in 1997, incorporated in 2014, and formerly named Frontier Engineering, with its founder drawing on experience at Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne. It states that investment from AE Ventures supports manufacturing and test infrastructure built for high volume production.

Products and facilities

• Flight-proven, next-generation hypergolic bipropellant engines
• F-Series thrusters, TALOS cold-propellant thrusters, and an M-Series reaction control thruster
• A hypergolic test stand that the company describes as the most advanced of its kind, with full-scale hot-fire validation up to 1,000 pounds-force
• In-house vacuum test stands in Victorville, California
• A 24,000 square foot facility in Newbury Park, California

Milestones listed on the site

• Development of thrusters for the US government exo-atmospheric kill vehicle programme
• Demonstration of a high chamber pressure F-Series thruster for MDA
• Award of three NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contracts to supply lunar lander thrusters
• Delivery of the first TALOS thrusters for the Peregrine lunar lander
• A record for cold thruster operation at minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit for deep space missions
• A demonstration of a post-boost main engine for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent
• Multiple engine design and build programmes for human spaceflight

Outlook

The company states that the advancement of propulsion is a cornerstone to the advancement of humans in space. It describes engineering expertise matched by manufacturing capability, and an initial award for a 25 pounds-force next-generation thruster from a major prime contractor.

Events

Frontier Aerospace is listed as an exhibitor at Silicon Valley Space Week 2026 and as a sponsor and exhibitor at Small Satellite Conference 2027.

Contact

Frontier Aerospace is listed under Space, Manufacturers and is based in United States.
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