How Will The ULA Sale Change National Security Launch Pricing

Podcast: The Innovation Attorney Podcast · The Innovation Attorney

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

A United Launch Alliance sale would change National Security Space Launch pricing by moving 19 Phase 3 Lane 2 missions, worth over $5.3 billion through 2032, under an owner with different incentives than Boeing and Lockheed Martin. No buyer has been announced. Reports dated September 10, 2026 renewed speculation that the two owners, each holding 50 percent, may sell. A buyer would acquire a company that has not flown a national security mission since February 12, 2026. That date matters because a solid rocket motor nozzle failed during the USSF 87 launch of a Vulcan rocket. The payloads reached orbit. The Space Force then paused Vulcan from national...