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DoD Determining Changes To ULA’s EELV Launch Capability Contract

Pat Host

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

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DoD Determining Changes To ULA’s EELV Launch Capability Contract

United Launch Alliance's Delta IV launches July 28 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: ULA.

The Air Force and the Defense Department’s acquisition team are working on changing the Pentagon’s launch capability contract with incumbent launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in response to competition in the market for government launches.“I don’t think you can have fair competition with that contract in place,” Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. John Hyten testified Wednesday during a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing on national security space launch. “There will have to be a change.”The contract,…

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