The most efficient asset to support aerospace R&D. Ready, Willing and Able to support your Aerospace R&D establishment. Our supporting capability ranges from University projects/experiments to complex Engineering R&D scenarios or DoD supporting missions.
Missions
Our adaptability allows us to offer substantial assistance from small businesses to the largest corporations. High speed, high altitude flight research, avionics test bed, Commercial rocket designing, rocket prototype in-flight testing on underwing external stations are only a small part of...
Spaceport
Kennedy Space Center: our home, your gate to space. We are the only private Company operating from the Shuttle Landing Facility that is fully integrated in the NASA Space Florida restricted site.
Fleet
Our supersonic jet fleet is well suited to carry payloads located in multiple external stations and internal locations with in-flight test monitoring capacity/mission specialist. Standard mix profiles and envelopes are possible at speeds of MACH 2.2 in both level and climbing flight regimes and...
Innovative Pressure Suit development – SFA strategic partnership with FFD
JUNE 2014 – Commercial Space Milestone achieved by strategic partnership between Starfighters Aerospace and Final Frontier Design (FFD) . Partnership’s goal is the development, integration and optimization of FFD 3G Space Suit to be used for many specific flight profiles for both high altitude...
Unmatched Safety Records
Director of Flight Operation Capt. Piercarlo Ciacchi, former Italian Air Force Instructor Pilot says “Lockheed F-104′s achieved unmatching safety records during the 15 years of Italian Air Force operations in both Air Defence and Training environment”. These outstanding records result...
University of Florida and microgravity biology
NASA TECHNICAL NOTE TN D-3380 “Use of aircraft for ZERO-GRAVITY environment”
NASA TECHNICAL NOTE TN D-3380 “Use of aircraft for ZERO-GRAVITY environment” analyzes different aircraft in zero gravity flight profile. The Lockheed F-104 is listed as the best No Gravity Platform Environment, compared to any other flying platform having the capability of a...
F-104 Fleet avionics upgrade
SFA F-104 fleet of 8 to be further enlarged.
"SFA strategically acquired four more F-104’s from the Italian Air Force, the world’s last F-104 operator. This will allow SFA to operate the world’s latest upgraded F-104 supersonic fleet" says Company President Mr. Rick Svetkoff. The current F-104 fleet will...
University of florida milestone achievements in high altitude air sampling experiments. First test flight planned in late 2013
Embry Riddle University developing pay load launcher
Embry Riddle University is developing a cost effective orbital and suborbital F-104 pay-load launcher. Payloads will be useful in gathering data from orbital and suborbital flight profiles.

















