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Government Contracts

May 10, 2014

SpaceX fights for a place in the sky

The space exploration company is challenging the Air Force's bid process for defense satellite launch contracts. By Doug Griffith


By Doug Griffith


On April 30, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a preliminary injunction against rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA), enjoining the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture from continuing to purchase any more of the Russian-made RD-180 engines that are used in ULA's Atlas series of rockets until the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Commerce and State each issue an opinion that the purchases will not violate the president's March 16...

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