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ULA Skips Competitive Bid for Air Force GPS Launch Contract, Door Opens to SpaceX
File photo of Atlas V rocket – powered by Russian made RD-180 engines – and Super Secret NROL-67 intelligence gathering payload following rollout to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on March 24, 2014. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has decided to skip the bidding competition for launch of the next generation U.S. Air Force GPS military navigation satellites, a company spokesperson confirmed to Universe Today, meaning that rival SpaceX is set to win its first military launch contract as the only other certified contract contender.
Since bids for the new GPS launch contracts – which were the first to be opened by the military to a competitive bidding process – were due on Monday, Nov. 16, the door has opened for SpaceX to apparently prevail with the launch services contract, by default, since they are the only other American company certified to launch U.S. Air Force military satellites.(…)
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Post tags: Atlas V rocket, Falcon 9 rocket, GPS, GPS Satellites, military space, NASA, SpaceX, ULA, United Launch Alliance, United States Air Force, US national security, USAF
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/123471/ula-skips-competitive-bid-for-air-force-gps-launch-contract-door-opens-to-spacex/
