2026 Aerospace
Summer Games
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Congratulations to SpaceX for winning the 2025 Aerospace Summer Games!
Company registration for the 2026 Games is now closed.
If you missed our deadline, you can reach out to our email below and inquire about being placed on our 2026 waitlist.
Not interested in being added to the waitlist? Bookmark this website & come back in January 2027 to register for next year’s ASG!
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May 2026 |
Competing company recurring townhall meetings established; registration fee finalized |
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June 2026 |
Company participation details due |
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July 2026 |
Sport rules review sessions; official rulebook released |
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July 11, 2026 |
Aerospace Summer Games! |
There were several issues with returning to the beach, but the overarching decision is that we’ve simply outgrown it. ECC also has the facilities to make ASG magnitudes better logistically, so it’s a win-win!
ASG is designed to bring together the wide variety of A&D companies in the SoCal area, however, it is not exclusive to those companies. So generally, yes, even if they aren’t directly aerospace, they are still welcome! But please note, if we end up with too many interested companies, priority will be given to those strictly in the A&D sector.
No! As long as you pay the entrance fee, the extent of your company’s participation is completely up to you! You’re welcome to compete in all the events, half of them, a single one, or none of them. It’s totally up to you and your employees.
All information that is finalized and available for general participants will be posted to this website! If you’re curious about how to get involved as a player for your company, please reach out to your company lead.
What you bring & display in your company tents is completely up to you. You are welcome to bring merchandise, swag, displays, pamphlets… whatever you’d like (adherent to ECC’s general safety & campus guidelines). All we ask is that companies don’t recruit or solicit attendees during the event.
Yes! Your employee participants can come from anywhere, they do not have to be based in Southern California.
No. This event is designed for the employees of the attending companies to compete against fellow industry teams. Although we won’t be checking that every single competitor is a verified employee of the company, it is against the spirit of the Games to recruit outside people to participate (e.g., you can’t recruit your childhood best friend John who is a minor-league baseball pitcher to play on your dodgeball team because he’d be a great addition)
Absolutely! This event is open to everyone, and we encourage people to bring their friends & family to watch them compete. They just can’t participate in the competitions themselves.
Short answer: yes. This event will still require a fair gender distribution for all sports. Nuances will be clarified in the rulebook (expected to follow the same guidance as the 2025 rulebook).
The final registration cost is dependent on the number of companies who register. The registration fee is the total cost of the facilities rental and operating costs divided by the total number of companies who register. For 2026, we anticipate that fee to be between $500 – $600. This is the only required cost on our end to attend the Games (there is no additional entrance/parking/facilities fee beyond this registration cost). However, there are several additional costs which many companies incur, depending on what they provide their employees. This can include: shirts, food and drinks (breakfast, lunch, and/or snacks), any branded swag items, marketing materials, etc. We do plan to have food trucks and the concession stand available on-site which will be open for anyone who wants to purchase their own meals/snacks, but companies always have the option to provide their own food/catering for their employees. All sporting equipment day-of is provided by the organizing company, but you can also opt to purchase your own for employees to practice ahead of time, if desired.
Yes, at this time, all companies will be required to pay a registration fee. This fee varies based on your level of participation (i.e., the number of sports/activities your company chooses to compete in). The entrance fee will only be waived for registered non-profit organizations.
Yes. Each company will still register separately, then the ASG planning committee will handle coordinating between the small companies who express interest in partnering.
No. Partnering companies are not required to wear the same shirts, however they are welcome to do so if desired. They may also have the same shirt color but differing designs. The only caveat to this would be when competing in events where players co-mingle on the field (i.e., soccer, ultimate frisbee, etc.). In those instances, players should wear matching colors. Company leads may instruct their players to bring an extra shirt (ex: plain white or black), or they may simply wear pennies. Either way, competitors on the field should match their teammates.
The number of employees to attend is completely up to you! It depends on your desired level of involvement (i.e., how many sports you want to participate in). Some companies bring hundreds of employees, others bring just a handful and only compete in one event. For reference, the max number of players for each sport from the previous year is included below.
A few things to note:
- Employees can participate in multiple different sports, but they cannot play for multiple teams of the same sport (i.e., John Doe can be on both the relay race and tug-of-war team, but he cannot be on both dodgeball team A and dodgeball team B).
- Note that some of the sports will overlap in the schedule (see the 2025 rulebook for last year’s schedule as an example). In that case, it’s highly advised that if employees are competing in multiple events, they don’t pick ones which last all day or overlap in the schedule.
- Each sport has a minimum number of players per team (i.e., how many people are required to “field” a team) and a max number of players per team (i.e., how many can actually be on the roster & sub). Assuming you don’t have players playing multiple sports…
- If you wanted to compete in every sport with a single team, you would need a minimum of 56 people.
- If you wanted to compete in every sport with the max number of teams, you would need a minimum of 78 people.
- If you wanted to compete in every sport with a single team but the max roster for each team, you would need 111 people.
- If you wanted to compete in every sport with the max number of teams and max rosters, you would need 145 people.
Potentially. The food truck committee lead will be working with them to determine if we can offer food vouchers as an option. However, if you would like to guarantee that you can prepay & provide lunch to your employees, you always have the option of catering the event on your own (outside of the food trucks the ASG committee is organizing). Several companies often cater sandwiches/subs, burritos, burgers, etc. But for clarification, this catering would need to be something you bring in on your own and serve in your company tent area (i.e., not another food truck just for your company). If you have your own food truck contact that you would like to work with to separately negotiate food vouchers, you would need to work with the planning committee to determine if that’s something we will allow.
The sooner you can let the ASG committee know of your anticipated no-show, the better. If an advance warning is given (i.e., prior to day-of), there will be no consequences for your failing to participate in a sport. However, if your team(s) no-show for your match(es) day-of with no prior warning, your company may be issued a point deduction at the discretion of the sport organizer and ASG lead.
Companies will fill out a participation form to detail the extent of their involvement day-of. This form asks for your company acronym, shirt color, invoice POC, desired number of popup canopies, canopy sizes, estimated number of attendees, available cornhole sets, and how many teams you’re planning to field for each sport. The form will be shared with company leads upon closing of general registration (May 1st, 2026).
There will be a general liability & photo release form for participants to fill out, which will be released closer to the day of ASG. This will serve as their general event registration, and a list of sign-ups will be provided to each company lead. However, companies are also encouraged to have their own internal sign up to coordinate event participation and team rosters.
Most likely, yes. The current proposal is to have each company provide a ref for each sport they are competing in. So, if Company A is only competing in soccer and sand volleyball, they would only need to provide two refs (one for each). Similarly, if they’re competing in all 10 sports, they would need to provide 10 refs. We are doing this in hopes of alleviating some of the strain on the organizing company in providing referees.
No. Unlike your actual competitors, referees do not have to be company employees. They can be friends, family, volunteers, etc., they just have to be representing your company & your company only for their referee period.
No, the ASG committee will not be responsible for organizing/booking any travel accommodations for out of town participants. However, companies can reference Northrop Grumman’s visitor guide for recommended hotel & food options in the area, in addition to El Camino’s campus visitor resources.
Note: Northrop Grumman’s Space Park campus is ~2.5 miles (10 min) West of the El Camino campus.
General questions can be asked in the WhatsApp group chat, or you can reach out to the planning committee email. The general ASG email is aerospacesummergamesca@gmail.com, or info@aerospacesummergames.com. You may also contact the SpaceX leads with further questions.
- Raegan Brunson (Raegan.Brunson@spacex.com)
- Kyle Brueggemann (Kyle.Brueggemann@spacex.com)
- Isabelle Lee (Isabelle.Lee@spacex.com)
RUlebook
The official 2026 rulebook will be released ~2 weeks before the event. In the meantime, players and companies should reference the 2025 rulebook for any questions on sports. We expect that a majority of the rules will remain the same this year.
Note: The 2025 Rulebook linked below will open as a Google Drive PDF. Make sure you are opening it on a device that does not block or firewall Google Drive links.