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SpaceX Drops Block Buy Lawsuit in Exchange for “Expanded Competitive Opportunties”

SpaceX Drops Block Buy Lawsuit in Exchange for “Expanded Competitive Opportunties”

Only a few days after officially entering mediation, SpaceX has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the Air Force’s block buy of 36 launch cores from ULA under the EELV program. Here a joint statement released by SpaceX the Air Force: “The Air Force and SpaceX have reached agreement on a path forward for the […]

Dismissal Denied, SpaceX Lawsuit Against ULA Block Buy Goes On

Dismissal Denied, SpaceX Lawsuit Against ULA Block Buy Goes On

On April 28, 2014, SpaceX filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal Claims seeking to block the USAF “block buy” of 36 rocket cores from the EELV program’s sole source provider United Launch Alliance. After a series of legal maneuvers which included a temporary injunction, soon dismissed, against further purchases of Russian […]

More Good News for SpaceX and a Billion Dollar “Subsidy” for ULA

More Good News for SpaceX and a Billion Dollar “Subsidy” for ULA

Image Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s really good Tuesday, which saw the company win a potential $2.6 billion dollar share of NASA’s Commercial Crew program was also highlighted by an advance in another of the company’s long sought goals. Amid all the publicity surrounding the NASA award,  Space News reported that the Air Force believes the company […]

Another Day, Another Lawsuit Launched Against SpaceX

Another Day, Another Lawsuit Launched Against SpaceX

Law 360 is reporting yet another lawsuit filed against SpaceX. This makes four employee based suits in what appears to be an ongoing campaign. Law360, New York (August 27, 2014, 1:15 PM ET) — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was hit with another proposed class action in California state court on Tuesday over the aerospace company’s […]

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Another Suit Filed, Is There a Legal Campaign Being Waged Against SpaceX?

Another Suit Filed, Is There a Legal Campaign Being Waged Against SpaceX?

Law360,  a subscription based site which was among the first to report that SpaceX was being sued by former employees over alleged improper terminations, and then, in a second suit over working conditions, is now reporting a third suit has just been filed. According to the site: “Space Exploration Technologies Corp. employees on Monday launched a […]

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If Buying Russian Engines is So Important, Why Did ULA Try to Prevent OSC From Doing So Too?

If Buying Russian Engines is So Important, Why Did ULA Try to Prevent OSC From Doing So Too?

Yesterday, the Court of Federal Appeals issued a temporary injunction barring United Launch Alliance from making further purchases or receiving shipments of Russian built RD-180 rocket engines until the matter can be reviewed by three different oversight agencies. The order came as a result of the lawsuit filed Monday by SpaceX against the USAF/ULA  EELV […]

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