Sopris Special Situations·Aerospace & Defense·Active
Ursa Major

Ursa Major

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Ursa Majoris the leading provider of next-generation propulsion for space launch and hypersonics.

Practice
Sopris Special Situations
Industry
Next-gen propulsion
Headquarters
Berthoud, CO
Founded
2015
CEO / Founder
Joe Laurienti
Website
www.ursamajor.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/company/ursa-major-technologies
Why we invested

A merchant supplier of liquid and solid rocket propulsion in an industry that had quietly consolidated to a handful of integrated primes. The Special Situations strategy treats Ursa Major as the kind of dual-use frontier business — defense plus commercial space — that an evergreen single-source-of-capital book is built to hold across cycles.

Products & capabilities
  • 01Hadley — 5,000-lbf oxygen-rich staged combustion liquid rocket engine
  • 02Ripley — 50,000-lbf class engine for medium-launch and hypersonic vehicles
  • 03Solid rocket motor manufacturing for DoD customers