{"id":55603,"date":"2020-05-18T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/18\/united-launch-alliance-still-on-track-to-meet-launch-schedule-ceo-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:06:20","slug":"united-launch-alliance-still-on-track-to-meet-launch-schedule-ceo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/05\/18\/united-launch-alliance-still-on-track-to-meet-launch-schedule-ceo-says\/","title":{"rendered":"United Launch Alliance still on track to meet launch schedule, CEO says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 United Launch Alliance does not project any delays to rocket launches scheduled this year despite the ongoing global pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2019\/06\/03\/the-ceo-of-united-launch-alliance-on-surviving-a-flat-market\/\" target=\"_blank\">its chief executive said Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not anticipating any impacts at all \u2014 knock on wood \u2014 to our manifest,\u201d ULA CEO Tory Bruno told journalists during a roundtable ahead of the May 17 launch of the Atlas V, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2020\/05\/17\/the-space-force-just-launched-the-mysterious-x-37b-space-plane\/\" target=_blank>which put the X-37B space plane back into orbit.<\/a> \u201cThe rockets are coming through the factory, we have 29 rockets in build right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, has had only one confirmed COVID-19 case among its employees, Bruno added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2020\/04\/30\/will-the-small-launch-market-survive-covid-19-dod-has-concerns\/\" 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=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Electron-at-Launch-Complex-2.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\">Will the small launch market survive COVID-19? The Pentagon has concerns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Space Force Acquisition Council is sending out a survey to industry to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the market and what the Department of Defense can do to support vulnerable sectors.<\/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\">Defense Department acquisition leaders have expressed concern about the health of the space industry, particularly suppliers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/05\/14\/intelsat-declares-bankruptcy\/\" target=_blank>key components such as microelectronics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Bruno said that ULA moved out quickly when the pandemic started to try to figure out which of its suppliers were the most vulnerable. 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