Enlarge / ULA’s Vulcan rocket rolls to the launch pad for testing. (credit score: United Launch Alliance)
Lockheed Martin and Boeing are near deciding on a purchaser for United Launch Alliance, two sources advised Ars. The collectively owned rocket firm, which was based in 2006 and for a time had a monopoly on US authorities launch contracts, has been up on the market most of this yr.
The sources say three patrons have emerged for the Colorado-based launch firm. These embody a personal fairness fund, the Jeff Bezos-owned house firm Blue Origin, and a well-capitalized aerospace agency that’s eager about growing its house portfolio.
There’s precedent for a personal fairness agency—usually a bunch of traders that purchases an organization, overhauls it, after which resells the enterprise—shopping for a launch firm. In early 2022, AE Industrial Companions acquired the launch and house companies firm Firefly.
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