ULA

Formed in December 2006, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a 50-50 joint venture owned by Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Company.  ULA brings together two of the launch industry’s most experienced and successful teams – Atlas and Delta – to provide reliable, cost-efficient space launch services for the U.S. government.  U.S. government launch customers include the Department of Defense, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office and other organizations.

Atlas and Delta expendable launch vehicles have supported America’s presence in space for more than 50 years, carrying a variety of payloads including weather, telecommunications and national security satellites that protect and improve life on Earth, as well as deep space and interplanetary exploration missions that further our knowledge of the universe.

With three families of launch vehicles – Atlas V, Delta II, and Delta IV– ULA continues the tradition of supporting strategic U.S. space initiatives with advanced robust launch solutions to provide assured access to space and 100 percent mission success.

“Launching rockets is…rocket science,” says Michael Gass, ULA CEO. “We take our work very seriously, and our commitment to our communities is paramount.  We support a culture of giving back and working hard to serve as an effective and engaged corporate citizen.”

The U.S. currently lags behind other developed countries when it comes to the number of undergraduates earning math, science and engineering degrees. This has a direct impact on America’s technological and economic competitiveness, and negatively affects the aerospace industry.  

United Launch Alliance is committed to a robust corporate citizenship program that primarily targets the need to excite our next generation of engineers, focusing primarily on K-12 science and math education. ULA is engaged in schools in all of our communities, working hard to inspire the rocket scientists of tomorrow.

United Launch Alliance’s multi-faceted corporate citizenship program includes sponsorships, volunteerism, and a commitment to the United Way at all sites in Colorado, Alabama, California, Florida and Texas.

Since the formation of United Launch Alliance in December 2006, the company has focused its contributions in the area of K-12 education, specifically math and science programming.