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  • Report: ULA, Blue Origin Form Rocket Engine Development Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: ULA, Blue Origin Form Rocket Engine Development Team

    United Launch Alliance will announce on Wednesday a collaboration with Blue Origin to develop and offer a rocket engine for U.S. space programs, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes the partnership seeks to replace Russian-made RD-180 engines that are used on ULA’s Atlas V rockets to lift off U.S. military satellites. Frank Kendall, the Defense […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners

    The United Launch Alliance has signed contracts with several U.S. companies to move towards creating a next-generation rocket engine, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin will choose one company to investigate next-generation liquid oxygen/ hydrocarbon first stage propulsion concepts to build the rocket engine as an alternative […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, Dynetics Expand Space Launch Tech Collaboration; Julie Van Kleeck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, Dynetics Expand Space Launch Tech Collaboration; Julie Van Kleeck Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and aerospace engineering firm Dynetics have expanded their partnership to develop rocket propulsion and booster systems for government and commercial aerospace customers. The companies have worked together under NASA‘s Space Launch System program with the goal of minimizing risks for launch vehicle thrusters, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday. NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Dynetics also […] More