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Ursa Major's new Chief Safety and Risk Officer, Christopher Engdahl discusses his new role and its anticipated impact on the company's future. https://lnkd.in/efC-yfGU

From our home in Colorado to our base in Ohio, reaching all the way to outer space. There's no other place we'd rather be and no other mission we'd rather take on. 📍40.285890, -104.993940

We were honored to host Colorado Governor Jared Polis today at our Berthoud facilities. We took the opportunity to showcase how Ursa Major is part of what he called, "a true hotbed for aerospace and defense," in Colorado. While speaking with our CEO, Daniel Jablonsky, Governor Polis saw first-hand that our people and our campus are at the heart of developing, manufacturing, testing, and deployment of new propulsion technologies.

The The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies released its latest research last week looking at the strategic imperative of a robust launch enterprise for our Nation. The report outlines the need for increasing launch vehicle and launch site diversification in order to preserve a space advantage. Check it out below.

You are witnessing the power of Draper -- hydrogen peroxide combusting with kerosene to create 4,000 lbs of thrust for Ursa Major's storable hypersonic engine. Draper’s storability and wide throttle range allows maximum performance to serve a wide range of applications and launch conditions. Today’s 30 second high-powered test marks the 115th hotfire test of Draper on our Colorado campus and provides a mountain of data for the engineering team. *This material is based upon work supported by the AFTC/PZRA under Contract No. FA9300-23-C-6005. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AFTC/PZRA.

The conversation on the show floor at Association of the United States Army - AUSA 2024 this week centered on readiness and our Nation's production capacity for critical tech like solid rocket motors.    While members of the Ursa Major team were wrapping up meetings with customers at AUSA's final day, the team in Colorado was busy delivering on those commitments with the installation of a 40 gallon energetics mixer.    Ursa Major is committed to the AUSA theme of “Transforming a Complex World”

The Ursa Major difference is over 230 people strong, with experts from every major flight capable rocket engine development program in the last decade, all on our 90-acre campus in Colorado.

"When you're fielding a new technology, failure is one of the best things that can happen." We push hardware to its limits, learn rapidly, and iterate quickly to refine our engineering. Ursa Major, we're different by design. Follow along to see how we make it happen.

Welcome Christopher Engdahl, Rear Admiral (Ret.), to Ursa Major! Chris brings 34 years of Navy service, including leading the Naval Safety Command. As Chief Safety and Risk Officer, he will be focused on driving growth while keeping safety at our core.

Ursa Major is proud and excited to support Stratolaunch and their Talon-A2 using our Hadley hypersonic engine as they push the boundaries of aerospace innovation.