Rocket, hypersonic, and solid-rocket-motor propulsion
Ursa Major is an independent propulsion company building rocket engines, hypersonic propulsion, and — increasingly — solid rocket motors, a category facing acute U.S. supply shortages. Founded by Joe Laurienti, a propulsion engineer formerly at SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Defense & Space📍 Berthoud, COFounded 2015
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Ursa Major going public?
No. Ursa Major is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Ursa Major's valuation in 2026?
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Has Ursa Major filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Ursa Major.
Can you buy Ursa Major stock?
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Company Profile
CEO
Joe Laurienti
Founded
2015
HQ
Berthoud, CO
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
private
Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace
Federal awards
7
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$39.83M
top: Department of Defense
Largest award
$20.05M
Department of Defense
Latest award
2025-12-29
Largest award: STORABLE ROCKET ENGINE FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS (FA930025C6011)
Name-verified against recipient "URSA MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC." on USASpending.gov as of 2026-09-19. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+19% vs 2026-08
Open roles
102
via greenhouse
Product-build share
71%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 71% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 39 of 102 open roles are engineering.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Additive Manufacturing Maintenance TechnicianAvionics Design ManagerAvionics Technician IIChief Engineer, Hypersonic Missile and InterceptorConfiguration Engineer IIControls Engineer II (PLC)
Counted from Ursa Major's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.