Aerojet Rocketdyne, ULA win Air Force propulsion contracts

by Mike GrussFebruary 29, 2016January 23, 2023

ULA ultimately plans to replace the Atlas 5 with the Vulcan, but envisions at least a couple of years of overlapping operations between the two vehicles.

The U.S. Air Force will invest in Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 rocket engine and United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket as a way to end its dependence on the Russian rocket engine used to launch most U.S. national security payloads.

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Mike Gruss is the chief content and strategy officer at SpaceNews. From 2013 to 2016 he was a senior reporter at SpaceNews covering military space. Previously, he was editor in chief of Sightline Media Group and worked as a reporter and columnist for... More by Mike Gruss