WASHINGTON: Boeing is interested in offering its gigantic Space Launch System rocket for an upcoming US military launch procurement program potentially worth billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday, signalling a new strategy for a rocket once exclusive to NASA missions. 'The Space Launch System's d
WASHINGTON: Boeing is interested in offering its gigantic Space Launch System rocket for an upcoming US military launch procurement program potentially worth billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday, signalling a new strategy for a rocket once exclusive to NASA missions.
"The Space Launch System's deep space capability enables the national security, science and space community missions," a Boeing spokesman said, responding to a Reuters inquiry. "We believe the proven SLS capabilities can be an asset for the US Air Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 contract."
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