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The $467,500,000 contract value for three Delta 4 Heavy launches covers production of three launch vehicles and is limited to hardware and labor costs paid in advance to ULA.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded United Launch Alliance a $149,000,000 contract modification on 2019-05-09 for a Delta 4 Heavy launch of the National Reconnaissance Office mission NROL-68.
United Launch Alliance reduced costs for the NRO bulk purchase of three launches by negotiating better rates with suppliers, including a record-low price for Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL-10 upper stage engines.
Under the Launch Vehicle Production Services contract, United Launch Alliance was awarded three NRO missions in October 2018: NROL-91, NROL-68, and NROL-70.
The three Delta 4 Heavy missions covered by the negotiated agreement are expected to be the final three Delta 4 Heavy launch vehicles that ULA produces.
Funds for the Delta 4 launches were previously committed to ULA under an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phase 1 block buy negotiated in 2013 for 36 cores.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded United Launch Alliance a $149,000,000 contract modification for a Delta 4 Heavy launch of the National Reconnaissance Office mission NROL-68.
United Launch Alliance is retiring the Delta 4 Medium in 2020.
The contract modification for NROL-68 is the second of three missions awarded to United Launch Alliance under the Launch Vehicle Production Services contract in October 2018.
United Launch Alliance was awarded three NRO missions—NROL-91, NROL-68, and NROL-70—under the LVPS contract in October 2018.
The Air Force determined United Launch Alliance was the only certified launch service provider capable of providing launch services for NROL-68, NROL-70, and NROL-91.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were collectively awarded Launch Service Agreement contracts in October worth $2,300,000,000 to help partially fund vehicle development and build infrastructure for national security payload launches.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were collectively awarded Launch Service Agreement contracts worth $2,300,000,000 in October to help partially fund vehicle development and build launch infrastructure for Phase 2.
The Air Force procured three additional Delta IV Heavy launches from United Launch Alliance to allow more time for competitors to mature propulsion systems for heavy rockets.
Phase 2 plans call for selecting two vendors from a field that would include United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were collectively awarded Launch Service Agreement contracts worth $2,300,000,000 in October to help partially fund vehicle development and build launch infrastructure for national security payloads.
In 2012 NASA ordered three Delta II launches from United Launch Alliance for a total cost of $412 million, or about $137,000,000 per launch including payload processing and related services.
United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine over the AR1 for the Vulcan launch vehicle in September 2018.
The original value of the Air Force other transaction agreement for AR1 development was $804,000,000 with the Air Force providing two-thirds of the funding and the remainder coming from Aerojet Rocketdyne and, to a lesser extent, United Launch Alliance.
Congress passed a law in 2015 that set a 2022 deadline for the Air Force to phase out United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket powered by the Russian RD-180 engine.