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Air Force Hopeful New EELV Approach Good For Lockheed-Boeing Team

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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force secretary said he hopes the government's new unified approach to buying the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) will help both taxpayers and United Launch Alliance (ULA). The alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA], builds the EELV medium-and-heavy-space-launch system, made up of Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. The Air Force, NASA, and the National Reconnaissance Office all buy launch services from ULA, which now is the only supplier for…

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