Wow! This is huge if you're in the rocket biz. GPS III will apparently be the first Cat A payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
1 posted on
11/17/2015 11:34:03 AM PST by
Rockitz
To: Rockitz
ULA cited requirements in the request for proposals, which the Air Force released Sept. 30, and a congressionally mandated ban on RD-180 engines for the Atlas 5 rocket as the reasons the company decided not to bid for the launch. What's that about?
2 posted on
11/17/2015 11:37:05 AM PST by
Carry_Okie
(Dupes for Donald, Chumps for Trump)
To: Rockitz
They probably won’t be able to award anything with only one bidder.
Air Force procurement is a disaster. I have one contract with the AF. Original bids were submitted in 2009 and it was awarded June 2015. No actual work from it yet.
8 posted on
11/17/2015 11:44:57 AM PST by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Rockitz
The statement said ULA is unable to certify that funds from other government contracts will not benefit the GPS 3 launch, a requirement spelled out in the Air Force's request for proposals. That is very interesting. Why? As long as they are not using money from other contracts to execute the contract, why should there be a requirement that funds from other government contracts not to benefit the GPS 3 launch?
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