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Air Force

SpaceX Suing Air Force To Compete EELV Block Buy

Pat Host

Friday, April 25th, 2014

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SpaceX Suing Air Force To Compete EELV Block Buy

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks during an April 25, 2014, press conference in Washington. Photo: SpaceX.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is suing the Air Force in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to compel the service to compete its massive sole sourced, non-competed award of national security space launches to United Launch Alliance (ULA), SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday. SpaceX is on the verge of being certified as new entrant for the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, which assures the federal government access to space. Musk told reporters SpaceX…

Congress

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Army

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