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Air Force, SpaceX Settle EELV Lawsuit

Pat Host

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

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Air Force, SpaceX Settle EELV Lawsuit

Former Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center commander Lt Gen Ellen Pawlikowski and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk sign their CRADA for EELV certification in June 2013. Photo: Air Force.

The Air Force and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said Friday they reached agreement on a path forward in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) dispute between the two parties.SpaceX agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against the Air Force over the service’s multi-billion dollar “block buy” award of 36 launch cores to incumbent launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA). In return, the Air Force agreed to expand the number of competitive launch opportunities while honoring existing contractual obligations.The Air Force…

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