United Launch Services wins $1.51Bn Contract for EELV from US DoD

United Launch Services, L.L.C., Littleton, Colo., is being awarded a $1,516,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service in support of: - a Defense Meteorological Satellites Program 19; - a Mobile User Objective System-3; - three National Reconnaissance Office missions; and - Delta IV EELV launch service in support of Air Force Space Command-4, - two Global Positioning Systems, and - Defense Meteorological Satellites Program-20 missions. The location of the performance is Decatur, Ala. Work is expected to be completed by Jun. 30, 2014. SMC/LRK, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8811-11-C-001 P00012).