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Air Force

Thornberry Walks Back ULA Vulcan Intervention Suggestion

Pat Host

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

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Thornberry Walks Back ULA Vulcan Intervention Suggestion

Artist's illustration of Aerojet Rockedyne's AR1 engine. Photo: Aerojet Rocketdyne.

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will not intervene in United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) downselect of a first stage booster for its next-generation rocket, despite declaring in a recent letter that the company should provide Congressional approval of such a decision if the company requests Air Force money for the vehicle’s development.“My whole deal is we need assured access to space, that’s the federal government’s interest,” Thornberry told reporters Wednesday at a Defense Writers Group breakfast in…

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