I thought the new manned rocket program was cancelled by Obama.
This is the same sort of paradigm as the current U.S. unmanned launch program. Private companies launch NASA cargoes.
Boeing has the CST-100, which is a seven-crew capsule.
SpaceX has the Dragon, which has already flown an unmanned orbital flight; it is the first private company to go into space last year, and will send an unmanned Dragon to the ISS this year.
Lockheed Martin took the Orion and is developing another version of it. It won't fly for a while but will be good for deep space missions.
Dream Chaser is a 7 crew space plane that is loosely based on the old X-20 Dyna Soar.
There is also Bigelow Aerospace, which is working on a inflated commercial space station. Don't laugh too much; the design for the BA 330 has as much toughness as the ISS.