03/13/2012
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"If ULA were to cease production of the Delta IV purely for competitive reasons it would eliminate production of the RS-68 engine produced by Rocketdyne--our only U.S. company solely focused on liquid ..."
"That would be a vulnerability that would be significant."
"As you know there are two provisions addressing the competition for DOD launch that have become law for fiscal year 2016."
"At times to preserve our industrial base, services such as the Navy have used an acquisition approach called dual allocation, which allocates set quantities to two providers."