Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn’t Worried

Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn’t Worried
Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn’t Worried

“Hopefully we’ll be all right and they (ULA) won’t have any additional scheduled steps. But I think the strategy has actually been demonstrated to be a good thing,” Air Force Frank Kendall says.

ULA CEO Calls For Bigger ‘Penalties’ For Unsafe Space Operations

ULA CEO Calls For Bigger ‘Penalties’ For Unsafe Space Operations
ULA CEO Calls For Bigger ‘Penalties’ For Unsafe Space Operations

WASHINGTON: Hot on the heels of an agreement between the Air Force and the FAA to streamline regulations on space launches from military ranges, the head of one of the biggest US launch providers has called for penalizing companies that violate the safety clauses of FAA launch licenses. “The regulations that FAA applies, and the licensing…

ULA CEO Thinks RD-180 Waiver Likely; Gap Of 5 Engines Between House, Senate

ULA CEO Thinks RD-180 Waiver Likely; Gap Of 5 Engines Between House, Senate
ULA CEO Thinks RD-180 Waiver Likely; Gap Of 5 Engines Between House, Senate

WASHINGTON: The still-newish CEO of the United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, faces tough questions from his board of directors. He faces tough questions from the House and the Senate about his use of Russian-built RD-180 rocket engines. But his biggest short-term problem — being allowed to use enough RD-180 engines to get his company from here to…