United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture, equally owned by The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT). It was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and employs roughly 8,800 people in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C. area. USA is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Richard ... more

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture, equally owned by The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT). It was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and employs roughly 8,800 people in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and the Washington, D.C. area. USA is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Richard O. Covey and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel C. Brandenstein. United Space Alliance was formed as a limited liability company as a joint venture between Rockwell International and Lockheed Martin in response to NASA's desire to consolidate many Space Shuttle program contracts to one prime contractor. USA and NASA signed the Space Flight Operations Contract in September 1996 to become the single prime contractor that NASA was seeking. USA supported the contract for 10 years through September 2006. This led to USA and... less