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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman were developing new launch vehicles for the Phase 2 competition and projected first flights of those rockets in 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/5/2019Air Force projects increased launch activity for 2020

Boeing emphasized the superior value of Starliner by using United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5, which they call the most reliable lifter in the business.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/19/2019Boeing fires back at NASA Inspector General regarding commercial crew report

The Air Force plans to launch the sixth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral in 2020 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/27/2019Air Force X-37B secret spaceplane lands after 780 days in orbit

Astrobotic plans to launch the Peregrine lander on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur in 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/24/2019Spacebit forms partnership, prepares to send tiny rover to the moon

United Launch Alliance expects Vulcan Centaur to be certified for Category A/B missions in 2021 after the vehicle completes two successful flights.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/23/2019For Air Force launch competition, ULA will offer Vulcan and Atlas, but not Delta

United Launch Alliance has successfully delivered more than 130 satellites to orbit.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT8/19/2019Astrobotic Selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch its First Mission to the Moon

United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin are developing new rockets and upgrading existing vehicles for the Phase 2 competition.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/12/2019ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman submit bids for national security launch procurement contract

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.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/14/2019Air 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.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/14/2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/3/2019EELV is no more. It is now ‘National Security Space Launch’

Viasat expects to launch its first ViaSat-3 satellite in 2020 on either a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, an Arianespace Ariane 5, or a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/4/2019GEO satellite orders continued to underwhelm in 2018

The Launch Service Agreement program awarded $2,300,000,000 worth of contracts to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin to develop next-generation launch vehicles.

NARRATIVE PLAN1/31/2019Pentagon space procurement and R&D budget is on an upward trend. How long can this last?

United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan Centaur with a first launch scheduled in 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/28/2018Launch companies reduce vehicle options to lower costs

United Launch Alliance expects to perform the first launch of its next-generation Vulcan rocket in April 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/25/2018ULA now planning first launch of Vulcan in 2021

United Launch Alliance expects the Vulcan Centaur first launch no sooner than mid-2020.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/23/2018Military launch poised for new era as Air Force prepares to move beyond EELV

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/5/2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

For United Launch Alliance, the ViaSat-3 deal is its first commercial Atlas 5 contract since taking over commercial Atlas 5 sales from Lockheed Martin in January.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/2/2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

United Launch Alliance will use a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 engines using liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first stage of its Vulcan rocket expected to make a first launch in mid-2020.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/27/2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

United Launch Alliance will use a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 engines using liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first stage of its Vulcan rocket expected to make a first launch in mid-2020.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/27/2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

United Launch Alliance plans a first launch of the Vulcan rocket in 2020.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/25/2018Aerojet Rocketdyne seeks other customers for AR1 engine
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