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Hop Aero

Rocket cargo delivery to contested environments

Hop Aero is building rocket cargo vehicles that deliver to contested environments hundreds of miles away in minutes. Our rockets fly point-to-point into the most austere locations at hypersonic speeds. Hop Aero's goal is to provide the U.S. and allies the asymmetric advantage that deters a future major conflict.
Active Founders
Jacob Balaj
Jacob Balaj
Founder
Founder at Hop Aero. Previously Integration & Test Engineer at SpinLaunch (satellites), Lead Systems Integration & Test at Masten Space Systems (lunar lander for NASA's CLPS program), and Integration & Test at Virgin Orbit (LauncherOne) and SpaceX (Falcon 9/Heavy—built booster refurbishment process, cut test time in half). Earlier avionics QA on MV-22 tiltrotors in the US Marine Corps.
Matija Milenovic
Matija Milenovic
Founder
Founder at Hop Aero. Raised $3M pre-seed and won $1.25M SBIR from US Air Force. Previously CEO at porkchop (electric propulsion for satellites), launched on SpaceX Transporter-3, built $400M+ sales pipeline, sold IP. System Engineer at Destinus leading 20+ person team on supersonic UAV. Scaled Ukrainian loitering munition production from 10 to 100+ units/month. MS Aerospace Engineering KTH Stockholm.
Jobs at Hop Aero
Orange, CA, US / Long Beach, CA, US
$90K - $150K
1+ years
Hop Aero
Founded:2024
Batch:Summer 2026
Team Size:6
Status:
Active
Primary Partner:Tyler Bosmeny