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Jason Kim has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board since October 2024. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Space Systems from December 2020 to September 2024 and as Vice President of Strategic Planning from September 2009 to December 2019. Mr. Kim has also held positions with Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. Mr. Kim attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, and served in the United States Air Force from 1999 to 2006. Mr. Kim also earned a MS in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Darren Ma has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Spectra7 Microsystems from November 2017 to July 2020 and as Chief Financial Officer of GigPeak, Inc. from October 2014 to September 2017. Mr. Ma has also previously served as a business unit controller at Semtech (NASDAQ: SMTC) and a finance manager at Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Mr. Ma received a BS in Managerial Economics from UC Davis and an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

On December 11, 2025, Firefly Aerospace Inc. announced the appointment of Ramon Sanchez as its Chief Operating Officer, effective as of December 22, 2025. Ramon Sanchez has served as our Chief Operating Officer since December 2025. Mr. Sanchez joined us after a 25-year tenure at The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), a global aerospace company, most recently as Senior Director of Operations for Space, Intelligence & Weapons Systems, since April 2022, and prior to that, as Senior Director of Operations for Missile & Weapon Systems and Site Leader in Huntsville, AL, from January 2021 to April 2022, and as Senior Operations Leader, Commercial Crew Transportation, at the Kennedy Space Center, from October 2017 to July 2021. Mr. Sanchez is also a U.S. Army veteran and holds a business degree from The Citadel Military Graduate College in Charleston, South Carolina.

Kirk Konert has served as a member of the Board since March 18, 2022. Since December 2023, Mr. Konert has been a Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Konert was a Partner at AE Industrial Partners from October 2019 to December 2021, and a Principal from August 2014 to October 2019. Mr. Konert currently serves on the board of directors of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), Calca Solutions, Redwire (NYSE: RDW), ThayerMahan, and York Space Systems (NYSE: YSS). Previously, Mr. Konert was a Senior Associate at Sun Capital Partners from July 2011 to July 2014 and was an analyst with Wells Fargo Securities' Industrial Group from June 2009 to June 2011. Mr. Konert earned a BA in Economics at Davidson College.

Christopher Emerson has served as a member of the Board since September 2022. Since January 2024, Mr. Emerson has been a Senior Partner at AE Industrial Partners and was an Operating Partner from October 2022 to January 2024. Mr. Emerson currently serves as Chairman of the board of ALL.SPACE, Chairman of the board of Spirent Federal Systems, and on the board of directors of Belcan and The Atlas Group. Previously, Mr. Emerson served on the board of directors at Hidden Level Inc. from May 2022 to October 2024 and HawkEye 360 from September 2019 to November 2021. Mr. Emerson served as Chairman of the board of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. (OTCMKTS: EADSY) from October 2021 to February 2022, Chairman of the Board and President of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. from July 2019 to October 2021, and President of Airbus Helicopters, Inc. from June 2015 to July 2019. From 2003 to 2015, Mr. Emerson served in various roles at Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Emerson earned a BAS in International Economics from the University of Alabama.

Ryan Boland has served as a member of the Board since completion of our IPO in August 2025. Since January 2024, Mr. Boland has served as Chief Executive Officer of ElementUSA Minerals and has served on its board of directors since April 2022. Mr. Boland has served on the board of directors of Lulu Snacks, Inc. since January 2025. Mr. Boland has served as the Chief Executive Officer of a private family office since December 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Boland worked at J.P Morgan from July 2005 to December 2016 in various executive roles across the Investment Bank and Private Bank departments, most recently as Executive Director of Global Investments, Private Bank. Mr. Boland earned a BS in Accounting from Villanova University.

Kevin McAllister has served as a member of the Board since completion of our IPO in August 2025. Since June 2020, Mr. McAllister has been a Senior Operating Partner and Co-Head of the Portfolio Strategy and Optimization Group at AE Industrial Partners. Mr. McAllister currently serves on the board of directors of Embraer S.A. (NYSE: ERJ). Mr. McAllister previously served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Belcan. Prior to joining AE Industrial in June 2020, Mr. McAllister served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from December 2016 to October 2019. Prior to that, Mr. McAllister held positions at GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) from 1989 to 2016, where he most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Aviation Services from 2014 to 2016 and was previously Vice President and General Manager of Global Sales and Marketing from 2008 to 2014. He also held multiple leadership roles at GE Aerospace across Global Customer and Product Support, Overhaul & Component Repair Operations, Lean Six Sigma, and Engineering. Mr. McAllister earned a BS in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Pamela Braden has served as a member of the Board since completion of our IPO in August 2025. Since February 2022, Ms. Braden has been an Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners. Ms. Braden currently serves on the board of directors of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) and REDLattice and previously served on the board of directors of Belcan. Prior to joining AE Industrial Partners, Ms. Braden was the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the digital engineering services firm Gryphon Technologies from January 1998 to December 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Braden served as an executive at various government sector-focused startups. Ms. Braden earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Akron.

Jon Lusczakoski has served as a member of the Board since completion of our IPO in August 2025. Since February 2026, Mr. Lusczakoski has been a Partner at AE Industrial Partners and previously was a Principal from August 2024 to February 2026, a Vice President from August 2021 to August 2024, a Senior Associate from October 2020 to August 2021 and an Associate from August 2018 to October 2020. Mr. Lusczakoski currently serves on the board of directors of Calca Solutions and the National Security Space Association. Prior to joining AE Industrial Partners in August 2018, Mr. Lusczakoski was a Lead Engineer in the Program Development group at Williams International from June 2012 to July 2018. Mr. Lusczakoski earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

On October 5, 2026, the Board appointed Rick Ambrose to serve as a Class III director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Ambrose, age 68, currently serves on the board of directors of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT). Since December 2022, he has served as a Senior Director at SDR Ventures, and since September 2022, he has served as the President of Ambrose Advisors, LLC. From October 2022 to December 2023, he served as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. He retired in March 2022 as the Executive Vice President-Space of Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global security and aerospace company, where he led Lockheed Martin's $12 billion Space business. Prior to this role, which he assumed in 2013, he served as President, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions-National from 2011 through 2012 and as Vice President & General Manager, Lockheed Martin Surveillance & Navigation Systems, a line of business within Space, from 2006 through 2010. He joined Lockheed in 2000 as Vice President & General Manager, Lockheed Martin Ground Systems and served as President, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors Tactical Systems from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Ambrose served as President and General Manager of the Space Systems Division at Hughes Information Systems (which merged with Raytheon C3I Systems in 1997).

Mr. Remington Wu, Before joining Firefly Aerospace, Remington Wu built an extensive career in technical accounting, corporate finance, and regulatory compliance. At FTI Consulting, he served as a Senior Managing Director, advising clients on complex transactions, restatements, and SEC rules. His tenure at Ernst & Young (EY) included several senior roles, most notably as Senior Manager of Financial Accounting Advisory Services-where he led engagements for large-scale M&A, IPOs, and capital market transactions- and as Senior Manager of National Professional Practice, where he developed firm-wide technical thought leadership on SEC regulatory matters. An alumnus of California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Shea Ferring has served as our Chief Technology Officer since June 2023. Mr. Ferring has been working at the Company since April 2018 in several roles, including Senior Vice President of Engineering, Senior Vice President of Spacecraft, and Vice President of Mission Assurance. Prior to that, Mr. Ferring was a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of M2S2-Technologies, an engineering services company, from October 2014 to April 2018. Mr. Ferring has a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Science in Aerospace and Satellite Design, both from Arizona State University.

David Wheeler has served as our General Counsel and a Senior Vice President since June 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Wheeler was in private practice at Squire Patton Boggs, a global law firm, from November 2021 to June 2022. Mr. Wheeler served Division General Counsel and Group Chief Compliance Officer at Signature Aviation plc, from August 2015 to May 2022 and Senior Counsel at GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) from August 2010 to July 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Wheeler was a Principal at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP (a predecessor to Squire Patton Boggs) from March 2003 to February 2010. Mr. Wheeler holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Vermont and a JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).