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ULA Predicts Two Additional Launches Per Year Thanks To Off-Site Vertical Integration

Pat Host

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

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ULA Predicts Two Additional Launches Per Year Thanks To Off-Site Vertical Integration

Cape Canaveral's Vertical Integration Facility (VIF), seen in 2014. Photo: NASA.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) expects to produce two additional launches per year at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., due to relocating some vertical integration procedures to a new facility and, in the process, reducing lead time between launches.ULA COO Dan Collins said Tuesday the company is implementing Off-site Vertical Integration (OVI) starting with Wednesday’s Mobile User Objective System-4 (MUOS-4) launch for the Navy at the Cape. OVI reduces the number of lifting operations performed at the semi-indoor Vertical Integration…

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