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Air Force Awards $739 Million in Launch Services to ULA, Space X

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

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Air Force Awards $739 Million in Launch Services to ULA, Space X

Falcon Heavy lifts off from Florida during its first flight Feb. 6, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded contracts worth nearly $739 million total to United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX for launch services for six future national security missions, according to a Feb. 19 contract announcement. The service awarded the contracts Tuesday evening under Phase 1A of its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch services program, an effort to more rapidly and affordably deliver national security missions into space using commercial services. ULA, a Boeing [BA]-Lockheed Martin…

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Army

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Army

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