Update: Firefly Aerospace Shares Rise After Signing Starcloud Lunar AI Computing Deal

02:13 PM EDT, 09/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with the latest stock price movement in the headline and the first paragraph.) Firefly Aerospace (FLY) shares rose 4% in Wednesday trading after the company said it signed a new commercial payload agreement with Starcloud to demonstrate advanced artificial intelligence computing in lunar orbit. Starcloud is a tech startup intended to design, build and deploy solar-powered data centers. Firefly said Starcloud's computing payload will ride aboard its Elytra orbital vehicle to validate the core capabilities of a data center around the Moon that can support lunar surface and orbital infrastructure. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Price: 23.78, Change: +0.92, Percent Change: +4.02