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Ursa Major and Palantir announced today at AIPCon their partnership to bring Palantir’s Warp Speed manufacturing OS technology to the Ursa Major rocket propulsion manufacturing process. Through full system integration, the partnership will further strengthen Ursa Major’s digital backbone to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and mission critical hardware using advanced manufacturing methods at higher and faster rates.

Ursa Major is a proven leader in developing advanced propulsion for hypersonic and solid rocket motor systems to meet the needs of American warfighters and aerospace customers.

Today’s announcement builds on Ursa Major’s commitment to harness the best of the defense technology ecosystem and ensure continued innovation at scale. Warp Speed will build on Ursa Major’s goal of rapidly delivering cost-effective technologies to meet U.S. national security objectives.

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“As a country, it is imperative to scale effective defense technologies and capabilities faster than the evolving threat environment. At Ursa Major, we aim to produce units in hours instead of days or weeks, requiring efficiency and cost-effectiveness. We are partnering with Palantir on Warp Speed to bring the very best in innovation to the United States' national security needs,” says Dan Jablonsky, CEO of Ursa Major.

“We are honored to support Ursa Major in their mission to scale production for their products that are foundational to our national interests,” says Emily Nguyen, Palantir’s Head of Industrials. “With Warp Speed, Ursa Major will be able to close the loop across engineering, supply chain, production, and testing, creating a flywheel to drive continuous improvement at every stage in the manufacturing lifecycle.”

The partnership marks a significant milestone to ramp up and industrialize at scale to meet America’s urgent defense priorities.

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Mar 14, 2025

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