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…

BE-4 engine tests continue as ULA waits to make Vulcan engine decision

As Blue Origin continues tests of its BE-4 engine, United Launch Alliance is keeping quiet about when it might select that engine or an alternative for its Vulcan rocket.

To stay competitive in the launch business, ULA courts commercial customers

Competition from SpaceX and a projected slump in the demand for defense missions complicates the outlook for ULA, analysts say.

ULA taps L3 for Vulcan rocket avionics

United Launch Alliance today selected L3 Technologies to provide avionics and related services for the its next-generation Vulcan rocket.

Op-Ed | Matching our launch infrastructure to affordable and resilient space systems

As the National Security Space community implements resiliency and disaggregation, and as we take advantage of the rapid acceleration of technology, it appears we are moving toward smaller, shorter life, and more numerous satellite programs.

ULA feels no schedule pressure to select Vulcan engine

The chief executive of United Launch Alliance said Nov. 9 that he doesn’t feel any urgency to select a main engine for his company’s next-generation Vulcan rocket, despite an impending deadline for an Air Force launch competition.

Air Force ‘hopeful’ Congress will support new strategy to phase out Russian rocket engines

If the House NDAA language ends up becoming law, it would set things back at least two years, said Claire Leon, director of the Launch Enterprise Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center, in Los Angeles, California.

Blue Origin conducts first test of BE-4 engine

Blue Origin announced Oct. 19 that it conducted the first successful test of its BE-4 engine, a major milestone for both the company’s launch vehicle plans as well as for United Launch Alliance.

Bigelow and ULA announce plans for lunar orbiting facility

Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance said Oct. 17 that they are cooperating on the development of a habitat orbiting the moon that they hope to build in a public-private partnership with NASA.

Blue Origin shows interest in national security launches

The new chief executive of Blue Origin told the National Space Council his company is in discussions about certifying its New Glenn rocket for government missions, a shift in strategy that could put the company in competition with a customer.