ULA and NASA tested a half-scale model of the inflatable heat shield on a reentry in 2022 and are now working on a larger version. "That’s what’s happening behind the scenes," Bruno said.

ULA aimed to launch the first Vulcan rocket in 2019 when the company announced the program in 2015. Trouble with the development of the first stage’s new methane-fueled BE-4 engines, ...

Los Angeles voters backed Measure ULA, a tax on high-value real estate transaction, to pay for affordable housing and homelessness prevention. The public’s support hasn’t stopped an anti-tax ...

ULA's new, long-awaited Vulcan Centaur rocket is all set to lift off for the first time ever. But will the vehicle establish itself in a competitive launch market?

The first flight test and certification mission for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 2:18 a.m. on Jan. 8, company officials said ...

ULA CEO and President Tory Bruno said on Twitter that there appears to be an issue with Blue Origin-built BE-4 engines that power the Vulcan Centaur's first stage. "We test the BE4 ignition system ...

ULA, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has 29 Atlas V missions left before it retires sometime in the mid-2020s and transitions to its upcoming Vulcan rocket, Bruno said.

Vulcan is ULA’s next-generation heavy lift launch vehicle, which is currently in development. The launch vehicle will inherit some technology from the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, but the ...