Air Force awards $739 million in launch contracts to ULA and SpaceX

ULA and SpaceX will split six national security launches planned for 2021 to 2022, the Air Force announced Feb. 19.

SpaceX protests NASA launch contract award

SpaceX has filed a protest over the award of a launch contract to United Launch Alliance for a NASA planetary science mission, claiming it could carry out the mission for significantly less money.

ULA wins competition to launch NASA mission

United Launch Alliance won a NASA contract Jan. 31 to launch a planetary science mission in what the agency said was a competitive procurement.

Blue Origin breaks ground for BE-4 factory

As Blue Origin breaks ground on a new factory for producing rocket engines, the company says development of its BE-4 engine will be completed later this year.

ULA now planning first launch of Vulcan in 2021

ULA now expects to perform the first launch of its next-generation Vulcan rocket in the spring of 2021, a slip of nearly a year that the company says is due to requirements of a recent Air Force award.

ULA CEO Bruno: New competitors in military launch market ‘good for the country’

Between now and when the the Air Force starts buying launch services from new competitors, ULA and SpaceX will be competing “one mission at a time.”

Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, deploys Air Force satellite

This was ULA’s eighth launch this year, the 131st since the company was formed in 2006, and will be its 50th launch for the U.S. Air Force.

With debt down and cash up, Aerojet Rocketdyne hunting for acquisitions

"It doesn't necessarily mean buying a company. It could be buying a product line. It could be buying a portion of a business that fits with us. We want to make sure that it's strategic."

Viasat books ULA Atlas 5 for a ViaSat-3 satellite launch

United Launch Alliance beat out SpaceX and Arianespace to win a launch contract for an upcoming Viasat satellite.

Striking ULA workers to vote on new contract

Nearly 600 members of a union that has been on strike against United Launch Alliance for almost two weeks will vote on a new contract May 19 that would end the labor dispute.

ULA selects Aerojet to provide Vulcan upper stage engine

United Launch Alliance has picked Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine to power the upper stage of its next-generation Vulcan rocket, the second such contract Aerojet has secured in as many months.

Boeing, Lockheed, ULA corner the government-funded space market. SpaceX moving up

Within the top five space contractors, from 2011 to 2017, ULA surpassed Boeing and became the top overall vendor.

Space Force takes Capitol Hill by storm • What is the true cost of space programs? • Space budget deep dive

President Trump's riff on creating a military space force captured the public’s imagination, spawning memes and jokes about starship ninjas gearing up to fight the nation’s wars in space.

ULA to focus more attention on commercial launch market

United Launch Alliance plans to increase its activities in the commercial launch market using both the current Atlas and future Vulcan rockets, while acknowledging that the U.S. government will remain its major customer for the foreseeable future.

Air Force awards big launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA

WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Wednesday awarded two major launch contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.

Under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, SpaceX received a $290 million firm-fixed-price contract for thre…