{"id":33856,"date":"2018-09-27T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/27\/ula-selects-blue-origin-engine-to-power-launch-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:46:16","slug":"ula-selects-blue-origin-engine-to-power-launch-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/newsletters\/military-space-report\/2018\/09\/27\/ula-selects-blue-origin-engine-to-power-launch-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"ULA selects Blue Origin engine to power launch vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The United Launch Alliance has selected Blue Origin to provide the engine for its Vulcan Centaur boost-phase launch vehicle, a big win for the Jeff Bezos-founded company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2017\/06\/26\/blue-origin-to-build-be-4-rocket-engine-in-alabama\/\" target=_blank>BE-4 design<\/a> was selected over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/space-symposium\/2016\/04\/14\/aerojet-rocketdyne-pushes-ar-1-as-best-choice-for-vulcan-rocket\/\" target=_blank>Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s AR1<\/a> system, ULA announced Thursday. Two of the engines, each capable of 550,000 pounds of thrust, will power the boost vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are pleased to enter into this partnership with Blue Origin and look forward to a successful first flight of our next-generation launch vehicle,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2015\/04\/13\/interview-ula-s-tory-bruno\/\" target=_blank>Tory Bruno<\/a>, ULA CEO, said in a statement (ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are very glad to have our BE-4 engine selected by United Launch Alliance. United Launch Alliance is the premier launch service provider for national security missions, and we\u2019re thrilled to be part of their team and that mission,\u201d Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said in the same statement. \u201cWe can\u2019t thank Tory Bruno and the entire United Launch Alliance team enough for entrusting our engine to powering the Vulcan rocket\u2019s first stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection comes four years and 10 days after a Sept. 17, 2014, news conference in Washington where Bezos and Bruno unveiled the BE-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selection of the engine is a major point in Vulcan\u2019s somewhat dramatic history.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/space-symposium\/2018\/04\/27\/ula-head-teases-vulcan-engine-decision-as-coming-very-soon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3315081.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">ULA head teases Vulcan engine decision as coming \u2018very soon\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno isn&#039;t hinting about when the company could decide between engines by Blue Origin and Aerojet Rocketdyne.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, ULA had a monopoly on military space launch capabilities, with the company\u2019s Atlas V launch vehicle relying on Russian made RD-180 engines to get to orbit. That agreement worked until allegations came to light of Russia invading Ukraine in 2014, setting off a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2015\/11\/23\/mccain-ula-is-manufacturing-a-crisis-for-military-space-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">questions on Capitol Hill<\/a> as to why the U.S. was relying on Russian technology to get key military systems into space \u2014 and lining the pockets of Russian elites with close ties to President Vladimir Putin in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ensuing fight, spurred in part by ULA\u2019s rival SpaceX, ended with Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/space-symposium\/2017\/04\/03\/as-rd-180-ban-looms-space-companies-make-steady-progress-on-new-launch-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\">banning<\/a> long-term use of the Russian engines and with ULA deciding to design a new launch vehicle \u2014 the Vulcan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2015\/04\/13\/ula-unveils-vulcan-launch-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled in April 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aerojet Rocketdyne \u2014 which in 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2015\/09\/13\/aerojet-s-reported-ula-bid-shakes-up-space-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\">considered a bid<\/a> to buy ULA outright for a reported $2 billion, before being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2015\/09\/16\/boeing-defense-head-ula-not-being-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\">rejected by Boeing<\/a> and Lockheed \u2014 isn\u2019t locked out entirely on the program, however, as the company\u2019s RL10 engine had been previously selected for the Centaur\u2019s upper stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the announcement, Aerojet CEO Eileen Drake <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrakeEileen\/status\/1045408230707539968\" target=_blank>tweeted<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be part of the #Vulcan team, with our RL10C-X engine powering the upper-stage. The RL10 has been the nation\u2019s premier high performance upper-stage engine for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ULA says Vulcan is expected to be ready for its first flight in mid-2020. 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