
“The government is now making that offer and we’re looking pretty hard on whether we can help them further by doing that. In the case of our critical suppliers, we funded them out of our own resources right away to make sure they kept their doors open,” he said. aasta detsembris, kui ühendati mõlema USA valitsusele rakettide üleslennutamise teenust osutava ettevõtte meeskonnad. He also commended the department’s decision to expedite progress payments to companies, and ULA is now assessing whether it will request accelerated funding to help relieve its supply chain. United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Lockheed Martin Space Sytemsi ja Boeing Defense, Space & Security ühisettevõte.

government’s response as “proactive,” saying that the Pentagon has remained in contact with ULA about any challenges to its supply base.

That’s where we’re seeing people struggle the most right now.”īruno characterized the U.S. “If you have a small shop, and you do get a confirmed COVID case or an exposure and you have to quarantine people who have had contact, and let’s say you only have 25 people who are building something for us, then you lose 20 of them for 14 days. “I would say overall it’s been less about a specific technology or industry segment…and really more just about the scale of the businesses,” he said. ULA checks in with those suppliers almost daily, Bruno said. We deliver value unmatched by any launch services company in the industry, a tireless drive to improve, and commitment to the extraordinary.įor more information on ULA, visit the ULA website at or call the ULA Launch Hotline at 1-87 (852-4321).As a result, the company’s supply chain has remained mostly healthy, with the exception of 15 small businesses that are feeling more pressure to keep production on track. The technologies we launch protect our country and troops in the battlefield, enable search and rescue, aid meteorologists in tracking severe weather, deliver cutting-edge commercial services, and expand our understanding of the Earth. Leveraging a legacy of 100 percent mission success launching more than 150 missions to explore, protect and enhance our world, ULA is the nation's most experienced and reliable launch service provider with world-leading reliability, schedule confidence, and mission optimization. 2022, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Space Force's Space Systems Command, planned for Aug. ULA's next launch is the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO 6) mission for the U.S. This was the 94 th launch of the Atlas V rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne provided the RL10C-1 engine for the Centaur upper stage and Northrop Grumman provided the Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM) 63 solid rocket boosters. The Atlas booster for this mission was powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine.

The mission launched on an Atlas V 541 configuration rocket that included a 5-meter short payload fairing. Thank you to the ULA team and our mission partners for the indelible commitment to mission success." "Our strong partnership with the USSF team is essential to maintain our nation's security advantages and achieve robust mission assurance. "This mission once again demonstrated ULA's unmatched capability of precisely delivering the country's most critical assets to a highly complex orbit," said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs.
