
As U.S. Space Force looks for new entrants beside Blue Origin for Phase 3 of National Security Space Launch (NSSL), the service on July 19 awarded more than $1.7 billion in Phase 2 contract modifications to the Space Force's established rocket providers--United Launch Services, LLC--a subsidiary of United Launch Alliance (ULA)--and SpaceX. ULA is a Boeing [BA]/Lockheed Martin [LMT] partnership. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded United Launch about $1.1 billion for Phase 2 launches through fiscal 2027 to…