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United Launch Alliance Overview

2016 ITEA Symposium

Les Kovacs Director, Executive Branch Affairs October 5, 2016

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Delta Family V Family  EELV Provides Assured Access for National Security Space Missions

 Two World Class Launch Systems – , IV  More Than a Century of Combined Experience in Expendable Launch Systems – Pooled Experience of > 1300 Launches – Legacy Reaching Back to the 1950s  Commercial Sales Through Lockheed Commercial Launch Services or 401 431 551 Medium Medium Heavy Launch Services 4,2 5,4

GTO LEO GTO LEO 4,750 kg – 8,900 kg 8,080 kg – 15,760 kg 4,210 kg – 13,810 kg 7,690 kg – 23,560 kg 10,470 lb – 19,620 lb 17,820 lb – 34,750 lb 9,280 lb – 30,440 lb 16,960 lb – 51,950 lb

One Team, One Infrastructure , 100% Mission Success

11 October 2016 | 1 A Sampling of Notable Launches…

MSL

EFT-1

JUNO

WGS

OTV

GPS

11 October 2016 | 2 30 Year Product Road Map

Delta-M RD180 Delta-Hvy 2045 Retired Retired Retired

BE4 Replaces the RD180

11 OctoberLater 2016 | 3 Upgrade to ACES Retires Delta-Heavy for ¼ the Lift Cost 500 Series Configuration Expanded

Existing Second Stage

New Composite New (Common) 5.4m Interstage Diameter New Solid Boosters

Existing 5.4m New Existing PLF BE-4 Avionics Engines & Software New 5.4m Lower PLF Adapter

New Composite Heat Shield 1111 October October 2016 2016| 4 | 4 Atlas - Vulcan Evolution

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26 5m PLF

Single 22 Common Avionics Engine Upgrade Centaur Centaur ACES 18 3.8m Str/ LO2 3.8m 5.4m Tank Booster Booster 14 Stretch

GTO Capability (K lb) (K Capability GTO 10 SRBs BE4/AR1 RD-180 SRB Engine 6 Engine BE4/AR1 Reuse 2 Atlas Atlas Atlas Atlas V Vulcan Vulcan Vulcan Atlas II IIAS IIIA IIIB (0-5 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) (0-6 SRBs) Atlas IIA (SEC) First 1990 1993 2000 2002 2002 2019 2023 2024 Flight

Continuing Atlas Evolution with CCB & Engine Refresh

11 October 2016 | 5 Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES)

 Large 150 klb capacity, in same length

 Best of Atlas and Delta –Centaur type construction –Anticipate >0.92 Mass Fraction –Aft avionics similar to Delta

 Designed specifically for Vulcan Booster

 Competitive engine downselect –RL10, XCOR, BE-3 derivative options publicly acknowledged  New capabilities with Integrated Vehicle Fluids –Long Duration

11 October 2016 | 6 Technology Development Integrated Vehicle Fluids

An APU which burns boil-off H2 and O2 Generates electricity (replacing main batteries) Provides autogenous pressurization (replacing He bottles) Supplies H2/02 ACS Thrusters (eliminating Hydrazine and hydrazine Operations)

11 October 2016 | 7 Recovery & Reuse

 Value and cost of recovery –Booster engine most valuable –Inertial velocity • Booster 3-6 km/sec • Upper stage at LEO 7-8 km/sec • GTO at perigee 10 km/sec –Substantial cost for RTLS

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