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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
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On 2018-10-10, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center allocated up to $967,000,000 to ULA to develop the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 23, 2018Military launch poised for new era as Air Force prepares to move beyond EELV

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket configured with five strap-on solid rocket boosters launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:15 a.m. EST on a Wednesday.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 17, 2018Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, deploys Air Force satellite

United Launch Alliance declared the AEHF-4 satellite deployed into space at 3:47 a.m.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 17, 2018Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, deploys Air Force satellite

United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will compete one mission at a time under EELV phase 1(a) procurements until the Air Force starts buying launch services from new competitors.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2018ULA CEO Bruno: New competitors in military launch market ‘good for the country’

The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance to further develop their launch vehicles so they can meet national security requirements that include flying to nine different orbits.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 17, 2018ULA CEO Bruno: New competitors in military launch market ‘good for the country’

United Launch Alliance remains under contract for EELV phase 1 missions that were awarded to the company in 2006 and will finish a small handful of those missions next year.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Technical ProductOct 17, 2018ULA CEO Bruno: New competitors in military launch market ‘good for the country’

The AEHF-4 satellite launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductOct 15, 201845th Space Wing gears up for surge in launch activity

Delta 2 was originally built by McDonnell Douglas based on Douglas Aircraft Company’s Delta rocket and was later produced by Boeing and United Launch Alliance.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 15, 2018Delta 2 finishes its 29-year run as America’s trusty medium-lift workhorse

The Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance $967,000,000 in LSA funding to develop the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 11, 2018Air Force funding three new rockets to compete with SpaceX but only intends to buy launch services from two providers

The Launch Service Agreement (LSA) program was started in 2015 to nurture domestic launch providers as the Air Force faces a 2022 deadline to stop using Russian RD-180 engines that power ULA’s Atlas V rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 11, 2018Air Force funding three new rockets to compete with SpaceX but only intends to buy launch services from two providers

By 2022, ULA will no longer be able to use Atlas V rockets powered by the Russian RD-180 engine to fly military satellites.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2018Air Force awards launch vehicle development contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, ULA

The U.S. Air Force awarded three contracts collectively worth about $2,000,000,000 to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance to develop launch system prototypes.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2018Air Force awards launch vehicle development contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, ULA

The Air Force has committed through 2024 a total of $967,000,000 in OTA funds for United Launch Alliance.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2018Air Force awards launch vehicle development contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, ULA

The U.S. Defense Department regularly pays more than commercial satellite operators to launch military payloads on rockets from United Launch Alliance and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2018UP Aerospace targets government customers with $1 million dedicated smallsat launches

United Launch Alliance was seeking to perform a first launch of Vulcan in mid-2020.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

United Launch Alliance unveiled the vehicle that became Vulcan in 2015.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

NASA is procuring two additional ICPS units from United Launch Alliance based on the Delta IV upper stage.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2018Boeing plans changes to SLS upper stages

Jeff Bezos and Tory Bruno held a joint news conference four years before the Vulcan selection to announce that ULA would help support development of the BE-4 as a replacement for the RD-180.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine for the first stage of its Vulcan rocket on 2018-09-27.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

Viasat chose United Launch Alliance over SpaceX and Arianespace for the ViaSat-3 Atlas 5 launch.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured
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