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Air Force Open To Brokering Potential Deal On Atlas V Data Rights

Air Force Open To Brokering Potential Deal On Atlas V Data Rights
NASA engineers successfully test the Russian-built RD-180 in 1998 at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala. Photo: NASA.

The Air Force is open to negotiating a potential deal with United Launch Alliance (ULA) that would make the data and launch rights from its Atlas V rocket available to other companies.“We may discuss it with ULA directly,” Assistant Air Force Secretary for Acquisition William LaPlante said Friday at an Air Force Association (AFA) breakfast event in Arlington, Va.LaPlante said he doubted the service owned the data rights to the Atlas V because the Air Force procures the Atlas V…

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