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United Launch Alliance expects its Vulcan rocket to conduct its second Space Force certification flight in September, positioning the launch vehicle to fly its first national security space missions this year, according to the company\u2019s top executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vulcan flew its first mission in January<\/a>, but a second is required to confirm that the rocket can perform consistently across multiple flights. CEO Tory Bruno told reporters June 26 he\u2019s confident the company will complete the certification process in time to meet the Space Force\u2019s timelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the moment, we\u2019re quite confident that the payloads will be there,\u201d he said in a media briefing. \u201cI\u2019ll have the rockets. All I need are satellites, and I should be able to fly them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ULA, along with Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX, is one of two companies with rockets cleared to fly national security space missions for DOD and the intelligence community. The company is in the process of replacing its legacy Atlas V and Delta IV vehicles<\/a> \u2014 longtime workhorse rockets for the U.S. government \u2014 with the more powerful Vulcan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company previously expected Vulcan to begin flying national security missions in 2022, following certification by the Space Force that the rocket is cleared to fly high-value missions. Repeated delays<\/a> \u2014 many involving the rocket\u2019s BE-4 engine built by Blue Origin \u2014 have slowed that process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Origin has largely overcome those engine setbacks, but ULA faced a new challenge in recent months when it learned that the payload for its second Space Force certification mission \u2014 Sierra Space\u2019s Dream Chaser spaceplane \u2014 was behind schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruno told reporters that because of those delays and the need to certify Vulcan, the rocket will now carry an inert payload built by ULA as a backup. He described the payload as a mass simulator that will feature proprietary experiments and demonstrations that will inform future technology development for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once that mission launches, the company will work closely with the Space Force to support the necessary analysis to validate Vulcan\u2019s performance. Bruno noted that because the service has had several months to review data from the rocket\u2019s first mission, it shouldn\u2019t take long to finalize the certification after the second flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sort of pre-staged and ready to go,\u201d he said. \u201cAll they really have to do is receive the data from us with the analysis we also provide to them and kind of go down the list and say, \u2018Yep, that\u2019s what we expected.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independent review team<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

ULA\u2019s payload swap and its push toward its second certification flight follow criticism from the Space Force about Vulcan\u2019s delayed debut and concerns that the company may struggle to ramp up the rocket\u2019s launch cadence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Washington Post <\/a>reported in May that Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, sent the company a letter relaying those concerns and calling for Lockheed and Boeing to convene an independent review team to consider whether ULA is capable of meeting the service\u2019s launch demands<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI recommend that you work together over the next 90 days to complete an independent review of ULA\u2019s ability to scale its launch cadence,\u201d Calvelli said in the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruno said that team has since formed and is in the process of reviewing ULA\u2019s manufacturing facilities before moving on to its launch site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he welcomes input from the group. In fact, once that work is completed, Bruno plans to stand up a longer-term review team that will continue to monitor Vulcan\u2019s progress until the company has achieved full-rate production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big believer in that,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen your team is working really hard in the trenches, sometimes it\u2019s good to have some senior folks who have done it before that are stepping back from it and not driving every day, feeling schedule pressures and all that, to be taking an objective look and give you advice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production ramp-up<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Bruno said that amid the reviews and the company\u2019s focus on national security space launch certification, ULA is working to ensure its factories, launch facilities and supply chain are positioned to support an increased launch cadence in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, ULA plans to launch 20 missions, some of which will fly on Vulcan and some on its Atlas V rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely appropriate for everyone, including my customer, to focus on ramping up the rocket. For us, that is the primary thing we\u2019re working on right now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt requires two things . . . a much higher production rate in the factory and in our supply chain, and then infrastructure that supports the higher launch rate at the launch site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its factory, the company has converted space once dedicated to its Delta line of rockets to produce Vulcan and is doing the same with its Atlas line, which will fly another 16 missions before it retires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is nearly finished with the Vulcan rockets that will fly the two national security missions it\u2019s lined up to launch this year, Bruno said, noting that the first will arrive at Cape Canaveral in August and the second soon after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the supply chain side, ULA has worked with suppliers to shore up its inventory early, in advance of the increased launch rate. And at the launch site, it\u2019s converting an existing facility to one that can support payload and rocket integration. The company had initially planned to activate the facility next June, but Bruno said he\u2019s accelerating that schedule to early 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key to the higher launch rate at the launch site is having a whole other [vertical integration facility], a who other lane, if you will, so you can be building rockets simultaneously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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