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The Atlas V launch vehicle that will launch the first Starliner is complete and ready to ship from United Launch Alliance’s factory in Decatur, Alabama, to Florida.
United Launch Alliance selected Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL-10 engine to power Vulcan’s upper stage.
Tory Bruno is president and chief executive of United Launch Alliance and emphasized the need for a healthy launch industry industrial base and that the government should prevent U.S.-taxpayer-funded payloads from being sent overseas to be launched on foreign vehicles from foreign launch pads.
After Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, the U.S. Congress directed the Air Force to phase out use of the Russian RD-180 first-stage engine in ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket by 2022.
Stout highlighted that companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin space companies, and United Launch Alliance are reducing costs for access to low Earth orbit.
Aerojet Rocketdyne is developing the RL10C-X with United Launch Alliance, and United Launch Alliance plans to use the RL10C-X in the upper stage of its Vulcan rocket under an agreement reached in May.
United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman purchase RD-180 and RD-181 engines from RD Amross, a Florida-based joint venture of Energomash and Pratt & Whitney.
ULA's Chief Executive Tory Bruno indicated that the August launch will be delayed.
Kelly Gareheime, associate general counsel for United Launch Alliance, did not disclose a public launch timeframe for Boeing's Starliner test flights.
United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK boosters in 2015 for future Atlas flights and for its Vulcan next-generation launch vehicle, prompting Aerojet Rocketdyne to close its Atlas 5 booster business.
United Launch Alliance was one of several companies seeking Launch Service Agreements from the U.S. Air Force to support continued development of new launch vehicles.
United Launch Alliance announced in May that it will use the RL10 in the upper stage of its Vulcan rocket and will work with Aerojet Rocketdyne on development of the RL10C-X.
Astrobotic is building robotic lunar landers that will launch on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V.
The BE-4 engine is being developed for Blue Origin’s New Glenn and is a competitor to serve as the first-stage engine for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
The revised contract changes directed travel provisions to provide additional hourly pay for employees sent from United Launch Alliance’s Decatur, Alabama factory to launch sites in Florida or California.
The Machinists Union members had been on strike for two weeks after rejecting United Launch Alliance’s initial contract offer on 2018-05-06.
Nearly 600 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted 2018-05-19 to accept a revised contract with United Launch Alliance.
Union members began a strike on 2018-05-06 after rejecting the previous contract offer and picketed outside ULA facilities and launch sites.
United Launch Alliance had previously offered smaller wage increases over a three-year period and a $6,000 signing bonus.
Tory Bruno, president and chief executive of United Launch Alliance, acknowledged union concerns about travel, job security, and pensions in a 2018-05-10 letter and reiterated that the company does not intend to eliminate union jobs through subcontracting or by having salaried employees perform work assigned to union personnel.