Pentagon ending United Launch Alliance monopoly on satellite launches

The Pentagon is opening up competition for the boosters that launch its military satellites, effectively ending the monopoly held by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin partnership known as United Launch Alliance (ULA). ULA, which assembles its launch vehicles in a massive plant on the bank of Tennessee River in Decatur, will still provide most of the boosters the Pentagon buys over the contract period. More

(Source: al.com - Dec 7)