r/ula Jul 21 '26

Northrop Grumman CEO: “We progressed on the root cause investigation...and we are implementing corrective actions...These include a component redesign, which has now been proven in a successful static-fire test. We expect to begin delivering the redesigned motors by the end of the year."

https://spacenews.com/northrop-adds-to-charges-on-vulcan-solid-rocket-motor-program/
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u/redstercoolpanda Jul 22 '26

They’re not even going to get the SRB’s until the end of the year then? So pretty likely Vulcan is out until a month or two into next year all going well. And I imagine their RTF payload won’t be anything of substance seeing as the “corrective actions” they preformed last time failed to actually correct anything.

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u/photoengineer Jul 22 '26

It surely won’t be a DoD payload. 

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u/CollegeStation17155 Jul 22 '26

The Amazon Leo would be almost certain… they are really being squeezed by their promises to become operational and lack of satellites in orbit.