The awards are part of the service’s National Security Space Launch program, which it uses to acquire nearly all military ...

The trio of launch providers has been awarded a total of 54 national security spaceflight missions over about five years.

SpaceX has launched at a rate nearly 34 times higher than United Launch Alliance since the start of 2023, but ULA has more experience with high-energy missions, featuring more complex maneuvers to ...

Launched by the Air Force in 1994 as the Evolved Expendable ... All four companies bid for Phase 2 contracts, with ULA and SpaceX winning a combined $3.5 billion to launch about 30 missions ...

Contracts support 84 space missions ... according to an online post by the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs. Elon Musk’s SpaceX brand landed $5.9 billion, while ULA secured $5.3 billion.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX could significantly expand its share of military business as the Pentagon, faced with Trump administration budget constraints, considers overhauling a program to deploy hundreds of ...

The idea is to launch rockets to carry big cargo loads around the world from the Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. A rocket’s red glare could soon light up the nation’s most unusual ...

The five-year breakdown for Lane 2 contracts calls for 28 missions to be awarded to SpaceX across the five ... acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.