The Pentagon has announced the first set of winners in its rocket launch contract competition, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin securing a spot for the first time. What Happened: The contracts were awarded under the Pentagon’s $5.6 billion National Security Space Launch program, reported CNBC on Thursday. Elon Musk‘s SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Boeing (NYSE:BA), were also awarded contracts under the multi-year third phase of the NSSL program. These companies will now be eligible to compete for contracts until mid-2029 under the program, know…
