Firefly Aerospace CEO leaves company amid misconduct investigation

Firefly Aerospace has announced that its CEO has left the company.

Rocket manufacturer Firefly Aerospace announced on July 17 that Bill Weber will no longer serve as the company’s CEO, effective immediately. The move follows Reports The company investigated allegations of an inappropriate relationship between Weber and an employee.

“Firefly board member Peter Schumacher will serve as interim CEO while the board initiates a search,” Firefly said opinion “Schumacher previously held this role at Firefly and will lead the company’s more than 700 passionate, hard-working and talented professionals.” The brief statement did not include the reasons or manner of Weber’s departure.

The change in leadership at Firefly follows the successful launch of eight Cubesats for NASA on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket earlier this month.

In June, Firefly announced it would add the ability to launch Alpha from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia. The capability will support “rapid, on-demand missions for government and commercial customers,” meaning those with very short lead times.

Firefly has previously launched such missions on behalf of the U.S. Space Force, including the Victus Nox mission, which was launched less than 27 hours after the company received the order.

Last month, Firefly also achieved a agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation to launch satellites from Esrange in Sweden. Through this cooperation, Firefly will be the first US company to launch satellites from mainland Europe.

Alpha launched for the first time in September 2021 but failed shortly after launch. It reached orbit for the first time on its second launch in October 2022.

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