
United Launch Alliance (ULA) expects to produce two additional launches per year at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., due to relocating some vertical integration procedures to a new facility and, in the process, reducing lead time between launches.ULA COO Dan Collins said Tuesday the company is implementing Off-site Vertical Integration (OVI) starting with Wednesday’s Mobile User Objective System-4 (MUOS-4) launch for the Navy at the Cape. OVI reduces the number of lifting operations performed at the semi-indoor Vertical Integration…