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Air Force

GAO Upholds Blue Origin Pre-Award Protest Against Air Force Launch Services Program

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

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GAO Upholds Blue Origin Pre-Award Protest Against Air Force Launch Services Program

Artist's illustration of Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch vehicle. Photo: Blue Origin.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained Blue Origin’s pre-award protest against the Air Force, which alleged that the service’s launch services procurement (LSP) program requirements restricted competition and were inconsistent with commercial practice. The launch venture company filed a pre-award protest in August that alleged that the service’s plan to award launch services for national security payloads through 2027 to only two providers made it “impossible” for new vendors to compete with legacy contractors (Defense Daily, Aug. 12). Multiple…

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