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ULA Rolls Out Plan For Simplifying Launch Purchases, Reducing Lead Times

Pat Host

Thursday, May 21st, 2015

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ULA Rolls Out Plan For Simplifying Launch Purchases, Reducing Lead Times

United Launch Alliance (ULA), later this year, will release further details on a pair of initiatives for making launch purchases “Amazon-simple” while reducing lead times from years to months, company CEO Tory Bruno said Thursday.Bruno said the first initiative, called “Fast Buy,” will simplify the purchasing experience by offering pre-determined rocket configurations at fixed prices. The configurations will also have pre-bundled, fixed-priced options for “bells and whistles,” he said.The current launch service procurement process is slow and complicated, Bruno said,…

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