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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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The AEHF-6 and NROL-101 missions were awarded to ULA in 2017.

Mentioned as: ulaOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2019Air Force awards $98.5 million ‘completion contract’ to ULA for launch services for three Atlas 5 missions

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $98,500,000 contract to United Launch Alliance on 2019-10-01 to complete three Atlas 5 missions scheduled to launch in 2020.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 1, 2019Air Force awards $98.5 million ‘completion contract’ to ULA for launch services for three Atlas 5 missions

The Atlas 5 completion contract pays ULA to finish and launch three Atlas 5 rockets procured under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phase 1 Block Buy contract.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 1, 2019Air Force awards $98.5 million ‘completion contract’ to ULA for launch services for three Atlas 5 missions

There are six additional Atlas 5 missions that ULA was awarded under the follow-on EELV Phase 1A procurement: STP-3, AFSPC-12, AFSPC-8, Silent Barker, SBIRS GEO 5, and SBIRS GEO 6.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 1, 2019Air Force awards $98.5 million ‘completion contract’ to ULA for launch services for three Atlas 5 missions

The Air Force previously procured five Delta 4 Heavy rockets for these missions under contracts awarded to ULA in 2017 and 2018.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

The $1,180,000,000 contract awarded on 2019-09-30 to ULA is specifically for Launch Operations Support.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Technical ProductSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded United Launch Alliance a five-year $1,180,000,000 contract for Launch Operations Support to complete the last planned five Delta 4 Heavy National Reconnaissance Office missions from 2020 through 2024.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

The Peregrine mission will launch from Florida in Summer 2021 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur vehicle.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 30, 2019Astrobotic Commends Senate NASA Funding Bill’s Strong Resources for Lunar Science, Exploration

Five missions awarded to ULA under EELV Phase 1 will be launched over the next five years, including two Delta 4 Heavy launches for NROL-44 and NROL-82 and three Atlas 5 missions: NROL-101, AEHF-6, and AFSPC-7.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

Under the EELV Phase 1 Block Buy contract with ULA, the Air Force agreed to buy 36 launch vehicle booster cores over a five-year period.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

The Air Force procured Delta 4 Heavy rockets for NROL-44 and NROL-82 in fiscal year 2017 under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phase 1 Block Buy contract with ULA.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 30, 2019Air Force awards ULA $1.18 billion contract to complete five Delta 4 Heavy NRO missions

Lockheed Martin later formed the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Boeing using upgraded Atlas and Delta rockets.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 25, 201930 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy

Boeing participated in the Sea Launch venture to launch Zenit rockets from a modified mobile offshore platform and later ended its involvement to focus on ULA.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipSep 25, 201930 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: ULAOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2019Astrobotic and Spacebit Announce Agreement to Bring the First UK Commercial Payload to the Moon

In Phase 2 the Air Force will select two launch providers from a field of four competitors that includes United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2019Air Force certified Falcon Heavy for national security launch but more work needed to meet required orbits

SpaceX filed a protest with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on 2019-05-17 over the Air Force’s 2019-10-10 decision to provide funding to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and ULA but not to SpaceX.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 18, 2019Air Force confident NDAA will back its launch procurement strategy

United Launch Alliance received $967,000,000 in Air Force funding to help defray the expense of meeting the government’s unique launch requirements.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative FinancialSep 18, 2019Air Force confident NDAA will back its launch procurement strategy

One goal of the NSSL program is to develop domestic rockets so the Air Force can stop launching satellites on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket powered by the Russian RD-180 engine.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 12, 2019Air Force nominee Barrett calls for assertive U.S. posture on space, says Space Force is a ‘key imperative’

United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine in September 2018 rather than Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 to power the first stage of its Vulcan rocket.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceTechnical ProductSep 5, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne watching how political changes could affect its business

The Air Force awarded $2,200,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance in 2018.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipAug 29, 2019Claims court punts SpaceX’s LSA bid protest to California court
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