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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
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Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman were awarded a total of $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement (LSA) funding in October to develop next-generation rockets and supporting infrastructure.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are developing new vehicles that are not expected to fly until 2021.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan Centaur rocket powered by Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

United Launch Alliance will begin flying Vulcan hardware on Atlas 5 rockets to give the next-generation Vulcan launcher flight heritage before Vulcan’s planned 2021 debut.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative PlanApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) in 2015 to provide GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters for Vulcan.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

Ruag’s out-of-autoclave fairings are manufactured in the U.S. in a factory next to United Launch Alliance’s facility in Decatur and will fly on Atlas 5 2019.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceTechnical ProductApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

United Launch Alliance is eligible to receive up to $967,000,000 from the Air Force to support development of the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 8, 2019Blue Origin urging Air Force to postpone launch competition

United Launch Alliance decided to phase out Atlas 5’s Aerojet Rocketdyne-supplied solid boosters in favor of GEM-63 boosters.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were chosen in October by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to share $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019Blue Origin urging Air Force to postpone launch competition

Blue Origin asserts that selecting two providers in 2020 to split 60/40 contracts for up to 25 launches between 2022 and 2026 would forestall competition and advantage United Launch Alliance and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 8, 2019Blue Origin urging Air Force to postpone launch competition

NASA awarded the RLSP-35 launch contract to United Launch Alliance on 2020-01-31 for the Lucy mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 5, 2019SpaceX drops protest of NASA launch contract

SpaceX withdrew its protest of a NASA launch contract awarded to United Launch Alliance on 2020-04-04.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 5, 2019SpaceX drops protest of NASA launch contract

United Launch Alliance has 12 RD-180 engines in inventory that can be used for national security launches awarded between now and 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 31, 2019Air Force space launch competition caught in political crossfire

The Air Force made Launch Service Agreement cost-sharing awards in October to Blue Origin’s New Glenn ($500,000,000), Northrop Grumman’s OmegA ($792,000,000), and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur ($967,000,000).

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative FinancialMar 31, 2019Air Force space launch competition caught in political crossfire

United Launch Alliance has 12 RD-180 engines in inventory that can be used for national security launches awarded between now and 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 27, 2019Air Force firmly opposed to delaying National Security Space Launch competition

United Launch Alliance received an LSA award of $967,000,000 for Vulcan Centaur.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 23, 2019Air Force poised to release final solicitation notice for national security space launch

The U.S. Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite (WGS-10) launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at 8:26 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 15, 2019Air Force launches WGS-10 communications satellite

United Launch Alliance rescheduled the WGS-10 launch to Friday, 2019-03-15.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 7, 2019Air Force prepares to launch WGS-10 as negotiations with Boeing continue over future satellites

New rockets being developed by United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman might not be certified for national security launches until at least 2020 or 2021.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 3, 2019EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’

United Launch Alliance will receive $441,760,000 under a fixed-price contract to launch SBIRS GEO-5, SBIRS GEO-6, and Silent Barker.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 19, 2019Air Force awards $739 million in launch contracts to ULA and SpaceX
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