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Report: SpaceX Could Bid to Launch Air Force GPS III Satellites

Report: SpaceX Could Bid to Launch Air Force GPS III Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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GPS IIF satellite launchSpace Exploration Technologies could submit a bid to the U.S. Air Force in pursuit of an upcoming contract to support a planned 2018 launch of a Global Positioning System III military satellite, DoD Buzz reported Friday.

Brendan McGarry writes the Air Force will gather proposals for GPS III satellite launch services under its Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program through Nov. 16 and is scheduled to award the contract by March 2015.

The U.S. Defense Department granted SpaceX national security launch certification in May for the company’s Falcon 9 rocket in an effort to reintroduce EELV competition.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance has served as the program’s sole rocket supplier over the past decade.

Christian Davenport wrote in a separate report for the Washington Post that Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson, a DoD spokesperson, said the department is evaluating whether to issue a waiver for continued use of RD-180 rocket engines to launch U.S. military satellites.

ULA uses the Russia-made engine technology in its Atlas V rockets and is seeking an exception from a congressional ban on engine imports as the company aims to continue to provide space launch services to DoD, the report said.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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