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Air Force

ULA Receives $157 Million for Third NRO Mission – and Last Sole-Sourced Delta IV Heavy Launch

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

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ULA Receives $157 Million for Third NRO Mission – and Last Sole-Sourced Delta IV Heavy Launch

A Delta IV Heavy launches June 11, 2016, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Photo: ULA.

The Air Force has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) $156.7 million for the last of three National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launches, which will possibly mark the final national security launch aboard the alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket. The new funds provide for NROL-70, the final planned NRO launch mission under a contract awarded in October 2018. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $310.7 million to $467.5 million, according to an Aug. 7 contract announcement.…

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