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Air Force Awards ULA $1.18 Billion for Five Delta IV Heavy Launches

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

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Air Force Awards ULA $1.18 Billion for Five Delta IV Heavy Launches

A Delta IV Heavy launches June 11, 2016, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Photo: ULA.

The Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have awarded a contract modification worth $1.175 billion to United Launch Alliance that includes five national security space launches. The contract, which was awarded Sept. 27, provides for the launch operations support (LOPS) for the final five NRO missions aboard ULA’s Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle, including NROL-44, NROL-82, NROL-91, NROL-68 and NROL-70. ULA is a joint launch venture between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The launches for NROL-44 and…

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