Karman Space & Defense

Karman Space & Defense is an American aerospace and defense contractor headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. The company designs, develops and produces mission-critical systems for spacecraft, launch vehicles, missiles, hypersonics and integrated defense applications, working from concept through to production. It employs more than 1,000 skilled professionals across facilities in California, Washington, Oregon, Alabama and Utah.

Its work is organised around three primary integrated systems: payload protection and deployment, aerodynamic interstage systems, and propulsion systems. Technical domains span spacecraft systems, launch vehicle systems, missile systems, hypersonics and integrated defense. The company operates in aerospace, space and launch, hypersonics, strategic missile defense, maritime defense and unmanned aircraft systems, and supports Pentagon missile and UAS programs.

Karman Space & Defense draws on more than 45 years of fielded and flight-proven design experience. Its customers include Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Blue Origin and NASA. The company has received the Lockheed Martin Supplier of the Year Award and the NASA Johnson Space Center Business of the Year Award, and has expanded its capabilities through strategic acquisitions.