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SolAero Technologies

SolAero Technologies is a company in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, founded in 1998.1 It is part of Rocket Lab USA.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industryenergy industry, space industry1
  • HeadquartersAlbuquerque, United States1
  • Websitewww.rocketlabusa.com/space-systems/solar
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • LEI549300SQE2F6282SOX532
  • StatusActive2
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)2
  • Registered addressC/O National Corporate Research, Ltd., 19904 Dover, United States2
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 55897922

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Corporate structure

SolAero Technologies is part of a group headed by Rocket Lab Corporation. 15 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Rocket Lab Corporation Long Beach, California, United States
    • SolAero Technologies Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
    • ASI Aerospace LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • LightRidge Interco Solutions Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Planetary Systems Corporation Subsidiary · the District of Columbia, United States
    • Rocket Lab Australia Pty Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Rocket Lab Composites LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab Global Services, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab National Security LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Rocket Lab Space Systems Inc. Subsidiary · British Columbia, Canada
    • Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero IRB Company, LLC Subsidiary · New Mexico, United States
    • SolAero Solar Power LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • SolAero, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Rocket Lab USA

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$88.6M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $88.6M in all. Federal grants $18.7M; Federal contracts $70.0M.$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2008 · Federal contracts: $2.1M20082009 · Federal contracts: $6.9M2010 · Federal grants: $500.0K2010 · Federal contracts: $3.3M20102011 · Federal grants: $474.7K2011 · Federal contracts: $527.5K2012 · Federal grants: $1.3M2012 · Federal contracts: $5.1M20122013 · Federal contracts: $6.1M2014 · Federal contracts: $3.9M20142015 · Federal contracts: $3.7M2016 · Federal contracts: $5.0M20162017 · Federal grants: $708.0K2017 · Federal contracts: $2.5M2018 · Federal grants: $1.7M2018 · Federal contracts: $259.5K20182019 · Federal contracts: $3.0M2020 · Federal grants: $14.0M2020 · Federal contracts: $5.3M20202021 · Federal contracts: $7.7M2022 · Federal contracts: $983.9K20222023 · Federal contracts: $828.0K2024 · Federal contracts: $9.2M20242025 · Federal contracts: $69.6K2026 · Federal contracts: $3.6M2026
Without federal contracts$18.7M 2010–2020
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2010–2020: $18.7M in all. Federal grants $18.7M.$0$5M$10M$15M2010 · Federal grants: $500.0K20102011 · Federal grants: $474.7K2012 · Federal grants: $1.3M2012201420162017 · Federal grants: $708.0K2018 · Federal grants: $1.7M20182020 · Federal grants: $14.0M2020
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026–$3.6M$3.6M
2025–$69.6K$69.6K
2024–$9.2M$9.2M
2023–$828.0K$828.0K
2022–$983.9K$983.9K
2021–$7.7M$7.7M
2020$14.0M$5.3M$19.3M
2019–$3.0M$3.0M
2018$1.7M$259.5K$2.0M
2017$708.0K$2.5M$3.2M
2016–$5.0M$5.0M
2015–$3.7M$3.7M
2014–$3.9M$3.9M
2013–$6.1M$6.1M
2012$1.3M$5.1M$6.3M
2011$474.7K$527.5K$1.0M
2010$500.0K$3.3M$3.8M
2009–$6.9M$6.9M
2008–$2.1M$2.1M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Aug 21, 2020$8.0M from Department of the Air Force: Defense Production Act Title Iii (Dpa Title Iii)4 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA86502025507
  2. May 19, 2020$6.0M from Department of the Air Force: Defense Production Act Title Iii (Dpa Title Iii)5 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA86502025527
  3. Feb 9, 2004$3.3M from Department of Defense: Collaborative Research And Development; Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program6 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA94530420041
  4. Jun 1, 2017$2.3M from Department of the Army: Basic Scientific Research7 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award W911NF1720067
  5. Sep 10, 2018$149.8K from Defense Contract Management Agency: Basic Scientific Research8 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award W911NF1820278

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 19, 2024$11.6M from Department of the Air Force: Sspace: space solar power advancement for constellation-class expansion star9 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA945324CX040
  2. Feb 25, 2013$11.3M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Igf::ot::igf advanced multi-junction space solar cell producibility10 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA865013C5501
  3. Dec 8, 2010$10.5M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The contractor shall provide the facilities, personnel, services, tools, equipment, and materials necessary to design, analyze, manufacture,11 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award NNG11EK04C
  4. Dec 15, 2021$6.9M from Department of the Air Force: Automated low cost space panel manufacturing systems12 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA945322C0044
  5. Jun 17, 2009$5.7M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Tas::57 3605::tas recovery - advanced space power generation - demonstrate high efficiency solar cells for space and near space applications13 To SOLAERO TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Award FA945309C0371

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