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United States Space Force doled out more than $13.7 billion in Department of Defense contracts to SpaceX , United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Blue Origin on April 4 as part of its National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 program.
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The contracts were awarded “to provide critical space support to meet national security objectives,” according to an online post by the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs .
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