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Boeing Declines Divesting United Launch Alliance

Pat Host

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015

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Boeing Declines Divesting United Launch Alliance

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., is covered under the Air Force's launch range support consolidation contract. Photo: ULA.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Boeing [BA] is not currently interested in divesting United Launch Alliance (ULA)--to Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] or anyone else."Divesting ULA is not in our thinking at this time," Boeing spokesman Todd Blecher said Tuesday in an email. "We are committeed to remaining a leader in the space industry and ULA is a big part of that." Blecher said Boeing has informed Aerojet Rocketdyne of its position on the rumored offer. Reuters reported Sept. 8 that Aerojet Rocketdyne submitted a $2…

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