Microcosm Inc. believes that it is out of the running for a Pentagon contract to demonstrate a quick response small launch vehicle, and has begun making layoffs as a result, according to a senior company official.

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Brian Berger is editor in chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA. He was named senior staff writer in 2004, a position he held until being named...