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Ursa Major to go public in $2.3 billion SPAC deal to scale hypersonic and rocket-motor production

Colorado-based Ursa Major plans to merge with a blank-check company and enter public markets in early 2027 at a valuation of about $2.3 billion. The transaction is intended to fund the shift from development and low-rate production to full-rate output of rocket engines, hypersonic systems and solid rocket motors.

Discovered 2026-08-25T03:50:30.759023-07:00 | 2026-08-25T03:50:30.759023-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

The planned SPAC transaction would give Ursa Major capital to expand from development and low-rate production into full-rate manufacturing as Defense Department demand rises for hypersonic systems, critical munitions and rocket motors.
Ursa Major’s expansion across rocket engines, hypersonic missiles and solid rocket motors reflects the defense-industrial push to increase domestic production capacity for propulsion and strategic weapons.
The roughly $2.3 billion valuation and planned early-2027 market entry offer a significant test of investor appetite for venture-backed defense manufacturers scaling into production.

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