United Launch Alliance
Union recommends members reject ULA contract proposal
A union representing nearly 600 United Launch Alliance employees is urging its members to reject a proposed contract in a vote this weekend, a move that could set up a strike.
Boeing executive to become ULA chief operating officer
United Launch Alliance has named a longtime Boeing executive who has led work ranging from the International Space Station to commercial crew vehicles as its new chief operating officer.
SN Military.Space | Vice Chief Selva: With no budget ‘We’re gambling’ – Why it’s hard to defend space – Space industry adapts to changing market
With still no budget four months into fiscal year 2018, the Pentagon is waiting to see where the chips fall. Defense officials are ready to take the FY19 budget proposal up to Capitol Hill but that may prove a tricky bet not knowing what Congress will appropriate for FY18.
Blue Origin retains engine lead as House considers limitations on launch system funding
An independent assessment of rocket engine development delivered to a House committee last week has concluded that Blue Origin remains well ahead of Aerojet Rocketdyne despite a recent testing setback.
Amendment to Senate bill allows continued imports of Russian rocket engines
Senators overwhelmingly passed an amendment to an Iran-Russia sanctions bill June 15 to fix language some argued could have prevented NASA and others from launching missions on rockets that use Russian engines.
Tory Bruno says ULA didn’t get to compete for Air Force X-37B launch that went to SpaceX
The Air Force declined to discuss how SpaceX got the contract and if it was sole-sourced.
Blue Origin suffers BE-4 testing mishap
Blue Origin said May 14 it suffered a setback in the development of its BE-4 engine with the loss of a key hardware component in a recent test.
ULA gives short-term boost to Lockheed Martin space earnings
Lockheed Martin Space Systems reported an increase in profit in its fiscal first quarter April 25 thanks in part to an increase in earnings from its stake in United Launch Alliance, but company officials cautioned that it expected ULA’s contributions to decline later this year.
Atlas 5 launches Cygnus cargo mission to ISS
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a Cygnus spacecraft April 18 carrying three and a half tons of cargo for the International Space Station.
RD-180 provider seeks additional ULA engine order
The new chief executive of the U.S.-Russian joint venture that provides RD-180 engines to United Launch Alliance said April 6 he hopes to win an order for additional engines.
Agreement on goals, but no easy answer for future of national security space launch, experts say
“Everybody agrees on the long term,” said William LaPlante, former Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition. But getting to those goals is the hard part.
SpaceX’s low cost won GPS 3 launch, Air Force says
But the military won’t be using a reusable rocket anytime soon
ULA’s first launch of the year will be SBIRS GEO-3
The prominent launch company announced an Air Force mission will be its first 2017 launch
Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 successfully launched a broadband satellite for EchoStar Dec. 18 on the company’s final mission of the year.
ULA debuts online pricing tool for Atlas launches
An interactive website unveiled by United Launch Alliance Nov. 30 both offers potential customers the ability to get price estimates for launches as well as serves as the latest sign of the ten-year-old company’s self-described transformation in a more competitive launch market.
Hurricane damage at Florida launch facilities not as bad as feared
A powerful hurricane moving up Florida’s east coast Oct. 7 caused some damage to NASA, military and commercial facilities at Cape Canaveral, but far less than what some had feared prior to the storm’s arrival.
