Posted on 09/19/2015 12:03:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
ULA was formed in 2006 as a 50:50 joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing that combined their existing expendable rocket fleet families – the Atlas V and Delta IV – under one roof.
Who owns ULA is indeed of significance to all Americans – although most have never head of the company – because ULA holds a virtual monopoly on launches of vital US government national security payloads and the nation’s most critical super secret spy satellites that safeguard our national defense 24/7. ULA’s rocket fleet also launched scores of NASA’s most valuable science satellites including the Curiosity Mars rover, Dawn and New Horizons Pluto planetary probe.
Since 2006 ULA has enjoyed phenomenal launch success with its venerable fleet of Atlas V and Delta IV rockets.
“ULA is a huge part of our strategic portfolio going forward along with our satellites and manned space business. This bid we’ve really not spent much time on it at all because we’re focusing on a totally different direction,” said Chris Chadwick, president and chief executive of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, on Sept. 16 at the Air Force Association’s annual technology expo in National Harbor, Maryland – according to a report by Space News.
Boeing offered strong support for ULA and the Vulcan rocket.
Vulcan is ULA’s next generation rocket to space that can propel payloads to low Earth orbit as well as throughout the solar system – including Pluto. It is slated for an inaugural liftoff in 2019.
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The Aerojet Rocketdyne buildings in Canoga Park, CA are empty at the corner of Canoga avenue and Victory avenue.
They has a Apollo rocket engine out front forever until its recent move. I believe the buildings will be torn down. All you see are empty parking lots with weeds and several security guards. I use to see a helicopter land there many days. The buildings across the street use have other Rocketdyne buildings but were torn done so a bus stop with parking lot could be built.
The nearby one over at Desoto avenue and Nordoff still is occupied but half the land was recently turned into a mini mall......
Update:
Warner Center’s Rocketdyne site slated for $3 billion project
http://www.dailynews.com/business/20140326/warner-centers-rocketdyne-site-slated-for-3-billion-project
...will include a mix of commercial, residential and high-rise buildings forming almost their own mini-city.
The BGI project will include 3.95 million square feet of residential space and 1.1 million square feet of offices.
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