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Joint ventureFounded 2006 · Centennial, COUpdated Aug 31, 2026

United Launch Alliance

National-security and commercial launch

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Operates the Vulcan launch system and procures Blue Origin BE-4 engines for its first stage.

Principal supply-chain role01 · Access & Transport

Launch, orbital transfer, reentry, and logistics systems that move payloads through and across space.

Principal supply-chain role01 · Access & Transport

Operates the Vulcan launch system and procures Blue Origin BE-4 engines for its first stage.

Suppliers, customers & partners

Suppliers & service providers to United Launch Alliance

Vivace International Corporationcustomer / mission supplier · supplier2 connectionsTell me more

Vivace is identified as an aerospace manufacturer producing flight hardware and propulsion tanks used by a range of launch vehicle customers, including United Launch Alliance, indicating Vivace supplies propulsion tanks/structures to ULA missions (customer relationship reported by industry coverage).

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Vivace International Corporation supplies hardware (including propulsion tanks and related components) to United Launch Alliance as a customer for launch vehicle programs.

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Beyond GravitycustomerTell me more

Beyond Gravity won a contract to deliver 38 shipsets (each shipset: payload fairing, heat shield, interstage adapter) to ULA for its Vulcan rockets that will launch Amazon Kuiper satellites; Beyond Gravity supplies full composite shipsets for Vulcan payload launches.

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ARQUIMEAcustomerTell me more

Through its owned subsidiary/capability Ecliptic, ARQUIMEA (via Ecliptic) will supply ULA with over 40 RocketCam HD video system shipsets for monitoring launch operations; initial flight deliveries scheduled to begin in early 2025.

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Blue Originsupplier4 connectionsTell me more

Blue Origin supplies BE-4 liquid methane/liquid oxygen engines (two per vehicle) for the first stage of ULA's Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle; first flight engines delivered in 2022 with ongoing production and acceptance testing for initial and subsequent launches.

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Blue Origin supplies BE-4 methane/LOX first-stage engines for ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle; BE-4 is the selected primary first-stage engine for Vulcan's core stage.

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Blue Origin supplies and has delivered multiple BE-4 rocket engines (including the first shipset in 2022 and at least 30 engines total by late 2025) to United Launch Alliance for the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle under a long-term partnership and teaming arrangement that began with co-development in 2014; Blue Origin also makes BE-4 commercially available.

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Blue Origin supplies the BE-4 engine (co-developed by Blue Origin) to United Launch Alliance for use on ULA vehicles; the partnership announcement frames BE-4 availability as enabling ULA national security, civil, human and commercial missions.

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Aerojet Rocketdynesupplier3 connectionsTell me more

Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies RL10 liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engines (two per stage) for the Centaur upper stage on ULA's Vulcan Centaur, Atlas V, and Delta IV vehicles; long-term strategic partnership with major engine contracts supporting multiple missions including Project Kuiper.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies ULA with the RL10 upper-stage engine used on ULA vehicles (Vulcan upper stage heritage and Atlas V / Delta IV heritage); identified by ULA as a strategic partner for RL10 engines.

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Listed by ULA in their supplier awards as ULA's Space Exploration Supplier of the Year for providing the RL10 upper stage engine supporting Vulcan, Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy vehicles.

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United Launch Alliance customers & supported companies

Raytheonlaunch servicesTell me more

ULA provides launch services (Atlas V) for missions that Raytheon-developed space payloads and JPSS satellites rely on; RTX content documents Atlas V launch carrying JPSS-2 which is part of the space missions Raytheon supports (Raytheon/RTX space programs use ULA launches for mission delivery).

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Amazoncustomer · launch services4 connectionsTell me more

ULA provides dedicated launch services on Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur vehicles for Amazon's Project Kuiper (Amazon Leo) satellite constellation; largest commercial contract with 9 Atlas V and 38 Vulcan launches awarded in 2022, with multiple successful missions delivering batches of satellites through 2025 and beyond.

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ULA provides launch services for Amazon's low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation (Project Kuiper / Amazon Leo); ULA launched the Leo 8 mission delivering 29 Amazon broadband satellites on July 2, 2026.

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ULA provides multiple launch services to Amazon Leo using Atlas V (9 launches contracted in 2021) and Vulcan Centaur rockets (38 launches in 2022 agreement plus prior), with launches ongoing as of 2025-2026 for deploying production and prototype satellites from Cape Canaveral.

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United Launch Alliance supplies Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur launch services (multiple missions including 46 total planned) to Amazon for Amazon Leo satellite deployment, with first production launches in 2025.

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NASAcustomer · launch services3 connectionsTell me more

ULA provides launch services for NASA missions including Landsat 9 (2021), Artemis program elements such as ICPS-2, and Commercial Crew Program flights carrying Boeing Starliner spacecraft (first crewed Atlas V launch in 2024).

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ULA provides launch services to NASA for civil missions and is a primary U.S. launch provider supporting NASA payloads and programs (stated as a primary customer on ULA materials).

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ULA supplies Vulcan Centaur and Atlas V launch services to NASA under Launch Services II contracts.

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EchoStarlaunch servicesTell me more

ULA provided Atlas V launch services for EchoStar XIX (launched December 2016).

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Maxar Technologieslaunch servicesTell me more

United Launch Alliance provides launch services for Maxar Technologies satellites as part of diversified launch partnerships (ongoing).

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United Launch Alliance program partners

NanoRacks LLCsupplier / program partnerTell me more

NanoRacks has previously listed ULA as a partner for activities including NextSTEPs and development work to repurpose upper stages/in-space habitation – ULA is named as a partner supporting NanoRacks’ broader commercial hardware and outpost concepts.

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Bigelow Aerospacelaunch services partner / launch enablementTell me more

ULA announced a commercial relationship with Bigelow Aerospace to provide launch services to loft Bigelow expandable private habitats (article describes partnership to launch private space habitats and enable Bigelow's modules to reach orbit).

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Barber-Nichols Inc.customer / prime contractor partnerTell me more

Barber‑Nichols is listed as a subcontractor/supplier to United Launch Alliance, providing turbomachinery engineering and components for launch vehicle or support systems on ULA programs.

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Boeingcustomer · strategic partner3 connectionsTell me more

Boeing contracted ULA to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on an Atlas V (commercial crew human spaceflight) — ULA launched an Atlas V carrying Boeing’s Starliner on June 5, 2024.

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ULA (the Boeing/Lockheed Martin joint venture) operates launch vehicles that enable Boeing spacecraft and satellites to reach orbit; ULA is a long-standing launch partner and operational launcher for Boeing-built payloads (historical and ongoing partnership).

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United Launch Alliance (50/50 joint venture with Lockheed Martin) is Boeing's launch partner; ULA provides launch services including for Starliner missions on Atlas V (ongoing partnership since 2006 formation).

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Blue Originstrategic partnerTell me more

United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin partnered to jointly develop and make available the BE-4 rocket engine; ULA invested in engineering and development to enable BE-4 availability for national security, civil, human and commercial missions (a co-development/enablement relationship that supports Blue Origin's engine program and ULA's launch vehicles).

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