United Launch Alliance was supposed to fly its first national security mission on its new Vulcan rocket three years ago. It ...

Pending range approval, the mission is slated to lift off Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Blue Origin built a $200 million factory for scaled-up production of the engines in Huntsville, Ala. — not far from where ULA builds its Vulcan rockets.

In a teleconference ahead of the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) first mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) with its Vulcan rocket, President and CEO Tory Bruno shared insights on a range of topics, ...

Vulcan can be configured in a variety of ways. Its core booster stage, the main body of the rocket, is powered by two BE-4 engines manufactured by Blue Origin.

Choosing Blue Origin's made-in-America BE-4 engine for the next-generation heavy-lift Vulcan launch vehicle is part of ULA's path to ending U.S. reliance on Russia's RD-180 engine for national ...

Blue Origin completes delivery of BE-4 rocket engines for first ULA Vulcan launch by Alan Boyle on October 31, 2022 at 1:10 pm Share 229 ...

Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine and Aerojet’s AR1 engine will both be functional equivalents to the Russian engines that ULA currently uses, but neither engine is guaranteed to power the Vulcan.

Choosing Blue Origin's made-in-America BE-4 engine for the next-generation heavy-lift Vulcan launch vehicle is part of ULA's path to ending U.S. reliance on Russia's RD-180 engine for national ...