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ULA Let RD AMROSS Engine Exclusivity Deal Lapse For 2.5 Years, Orbital Says

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) let an exclusivity agreement with Russian rocket engine provider RD AMROSS expire two-and-a-half years before renewing it in the late 2000s, a direct reaction to Orbital Sciences’ [ORB] attempts to compete in the medium-class launch market, Orbital alleged in its lawsuit against ULA filed Thursday. Orbital alleges in its suit, Orbital Sciences v. United Launch Alliance and RD AMROSS, that the company, RD AMROSS and United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne division reached an…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]