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2026 American Rocketry Challenge National Finals

The American Rocketry Challenge is the world’s largest student rocket competition, engaging over 100,000 middle and high school students in model rocketry. Participants design, build, and launch rockets to meet rigorous engineering requirements, fostering leadership, teamwork, and STEM skills. The Top 100 teams compete at National Finals for a share in $100k…

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1Speakers
18Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
18Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 2026, in alphabetical order.
Organized By
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Aerospace Industries AssociationProgram Organizers
American Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsEducation Partners
BRPHLunar Sponsor
C1Lunar Sponsor
Click BondLunar Sponsor
DucommunPlanetary Sponsor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityEducation Partners
Estes RocketsEducation Partners
Federal Aviation AdministrationGovernment Partners
General DynamicsLunar Sponsor
Howmet AerospaceLunar Sponsor
L3HarrisLunar Sponsor
NASAGovernment Partners
National Association of RocketryProgram Organizers
Northrop Grumman FoundationGalactic Sponsor
Raytheon TechnologiesUniversal Sponsor
The Aerospace CorporationLunar Sponsor
U.S. Space ForceLunar Sponsor
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An audience of 18 companies, parsed from the program.

Eighteen companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
0Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles1100%

Of 1 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Aerospace Industries AssociationSp·P
  2. 02American Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsSp·E
  3. 03BRPHSp·L
  4. 04C1Sp·L
  5. 05Click BondSp·L
  6. 06DucommunSp·P
  7. 07Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversitySp·E
  8. 08Estes RocketsSp·E
  9. 09Federal Aviation AdministrationSp·G
  10. 10General DynamicsSp·L
  11. 11Howmet AerospaceSp·L
  12. 12L3HarrisSp·L
  13. 13NASASp·G
  14. 14National Association of RocketrySp·P
Sponsors by tier
education partners3
17% of 18
galactic sponsor1
6% of 18
government partners2
11% of 18
lunar sponsor8
44% of 18
planetary sponsor1
6% of 18
program organizers2
11% of 18
universal sponsor1
6% of 18