"The CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, has resigned after 12 years on the job "to pursue another opportunity," according to the company. "We are grateful for Tory's service to ULA and the country, and we thank him for his leadership," United Launch Alliance (ULA) chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears said in a statement. Bruno's resignation comes at a time when newer private spaceflight companies are increasingly driving the launch market."
"One of Bruno's biggest projects during his time at ULA was overseeing the development of the joint venture's next-generation rocket, Vulcan. That project had two main objectives: help ULA keep pace with SpaceX, and reduce the U.S. government's reliance on Russian rockets to access space. Vulcan leveraged a number of parts from prior ULA rocket programs like Atlas and Delta in an attempt to keep costs down, though it bet on Blue Origin to provide the engines."
Tory Bruno resigned as CEO of United Launch Alliance after 12 years, leaving as newer private spaceflight companies increase launch-market dominance. United Launch Alliance was formed twenty years ago from Boeing and Lockheed Martin space-launch businesses and served NASA and the Department of Defense. ULA developed the next-generation Vulcan rocket to compete with SpaceX and end reliance on Russian engines, using heritage Atlas and Delta components and Blue Origin engines. Vulcan suffered delays, first launching in 2024 a decade after development began. Vulcan has secured customers including Amazon and Astrobotic, and ULA is pursuing reusability and heavier-payload upgrades.
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