The Launch Merger Inches Forward: Boeing and Lockheed Martin have a Federal Trade Commission-approved draft agreement that would permit the two companies to proceed with their plan to merge rocket launch services into a new venture, the United Launch Alliance. However, there are conditions. Both companies are reviewing the agreement provisions.
The Space Force’s small size has limited its capacity to consider what role it will play in future operations on and around the moon. That needs to change, according to Vice Chief of Operations Gen. Shawn Bratton.
