Vulcan

Blue Origin intends to deliver flight-qualified BE-4 engines to United Launch Alliance on time for ULA’s planned maiden launch of the Vulcan rocket late 2021.

Millennium Engineering and Integration won an estimated $55,000,000 contract in 2018 for engineering services related to certification of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Northrop Grumman’s OmegA launch vehicles.

The latest task order awarded to Millennium Engineering and Integration supports certification of Vulcan including the new BE-4 engine provided by Blue Origin.

United Launch Alliance has begun testing Vulcan’s core stage at the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Millennium Engineering and Integration received a $13,200,000 award from the U.S. Space Force on 2021-02-19 for services in support of the certification of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan are also aiming for debut launches in 2021 and are powered by BE-4 methalox engines.

The Peregrine lunar lander is scheduled to launch in late 2021 on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.

The Vulcan Launch Platform completed its first trip to Space Launch Complex-41 and will remain at the pad for additional testing and checkout.

The Vulcan Launch Platform is outfitted with equipment and umbilicals to supply LNG and liquid oxygen to Vulcan Centaur’s first stage and liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to the Centaur upper stage.

The Vulcan Launch Platform stands 55.8 m tall and weighs £1,300,000.

Northrop Grumman completed a static firing of the strap-on solid booster it developed for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket on 2021-01-21.

Northrop Grumman developed the GEM 63XL in partnership with United Launch Alliance to provide additional lift capability to the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

United Launch Alliance planned to introduce the Vulcan launch vehicle and promised it would be ready in 2021.

United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 to power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.

The AR1 contract awarded in 2016 was later reduced to $350,000,000 after United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 for its Vulcan rocket.

Aerojet Rocketdyne won a Pentagon contract in 2016 to develop the AR1 rocket engine intended to compete for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan main engine role.

United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman) in September 2015 to supply solid rocket boosters for Atlas 5 and Vulcan.

United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 in September 2018 for its Vulcan main engine.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket uses BE-4 engines provided by Blue Origin.