Proven Track Record

2014: Frontier Aerospace incorporation 

2015: US Navy contract from China Lake (NAWCWD) to support research and development of Hypergolic, Low Toxicity Fuels with demonstration thruster 

Completed flight qualification test support of Frontier’s new prototype thruster for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) 

2017: NASA contract for cold propellant demonstration – resulting in Phase 3 SBIR for Thruster for the Advancement of Low-Temperature Operation in Space (TALOS®) 

2018: Selected by Astrobotic to supply all Attitude Control and Axial Thrusters for Peregrine Lunar Lander, NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) 

2018/2019: Selected to develop thruster for strategic missile system/demonstrated flight weight thruster in vacuum 

2020: Awarded contract to supply thrusters for two additional lunar landers 

JPL award for extreme cold temperature demonstration, successful (stable) hypergolic firing with -40°F propellants, an industry first! 

2021: $5.5M seed investment raised to fund test stand development 

Contract award to develop 25-lbf bipropellant thruster through Preliminary Design Review (PDR) 

2022: NASA awards Astrobotic/Frontier/Exquadrum team CLPS plus-up to implement vacuum test capability 

Delivery of first Flight Thrusters to Astrobotic for Peregrine Lunar Lander 

Undisclosed Prime awards contract to demonstrate divert-class thruster for missile defense application 

2023: $10M Series A investment raised to fund thruster development and scale manufacturing capabilities 

2024: Successful first flight of Frontier’s TALOS® 10-lbf and 150-lbf engines, and MON-25 cold propellant was used for the first time for an exploration mission!