Air Force awards launch vehicle development contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, ULA

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Air Force announced on Wednesday it is awarding three contracts collectively worth about $2 billion to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and United Launch Alliance to develop launch system prototypes. The funding is for the development of competing launch system prototypes geared toward launching national security payloads. Each company will receive […] SpaceNews.com