be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . january 2015 united space alliance type limited liability company industry aerospace founded august 1965 headquarters hq in houston texas locations in fl al dc products spaceflight operations revenue us 2.0 billion 2005 citation needed number of employees 2 800 2012 parent joint venture of boeing and lockheed martin website unitedspacealliance.com united space alliance usa is a spaceflight operations company . usa is a joint venture which was established in august 1995 as a limited liability company llc equally owned by boeing and lockheed martin . the company is headquartered in houston texas and as of 2008 update employed approximately 8 800 people in texas florida alabama and the washington d.c. area . 1 contents 1 history 2 current business 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit united space alliance s original logo featured the space shuttle it was changed to the current logo in 2008 2 united space alliance was formed as a limited liability company as a joint venture between boeing 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 . 3 usa supported the contract for 10 years through september 2006 . this led to usa and nasa agreeing on october 2 2006 to the space program operations contract . 4 current business edit until 2011 usa s major business was the operation and processing of nasa s space shuttle fleet and international space station at lyndon b. johnson space center and john f. kennedy space center . this work was defined by the space program operations contract spoc between nasa and usa . the contract runs from october 1 2006 through september 30 2010 which was to be the end of space shuttle operations . the contract includes five one year options that could extend the contract through fiscal year 2015 . efforts under the space program operations contract include work and support for mission design and planning ; software development and integration ; astronaut and flight controller training ; system integration ; flight operations ; vehicle processing launch and recovery ; vehicle sustaining engineering ; flight crew equipment processing ; and space shuttle and international space station related support to the constellation program . it is a cost reimbursement contract with provisions for award and performance fees . 5 with nasa s transition from the space shuttle to smaller service and support contracts one of the new contracts is the integrated mission operations contract imoc to provide flight operations support for the constellation program and international space station program in houston through september 30 2011 . 6 also usa has signed a subcontract with alliant techsystems for support of the ares i launch vehicle . 7 in november 2010 united space alliance was selected by nasa for consideration for potential contract awards for heavy lift launch vehicle system concepts and propulsion technologies . 8 as of september 30 2014 usa no longer holds active contracts and will not pursue future contracts . however usa will continue to operate in an administrative business capacity to manage government contract close out requirements . close out of government contracts historically takes 5 7 years . 9 see also edit top 100 us federal contractors united launch alliance references edit united space alliance awarded imoc contract pdf press release . united space alliance . 2008 11 01 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . block robert april 8 2008 . usa rebrands saying goodbye shuttle logo . orlando sentinel . space flight operations contract phase iicost benefit analysis pdf . national aeronautics and space administration . national aeronautics and space administration . retrieved 23 september 2016 . nasa awards space program operations contract c06 054 . national aeronautics and space administration . 2 october 2006 . retrieved 23 september 2016 . nasa awards space program operations contract press release . nasa . 2006 10 02 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . nasa awards contract for mission crew operations support press release . nasa . 2008 10 31 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . united space alliance awarded imoc contract pdf press release . united space alliance . 2008 11 01 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . atk and usa announce agreement on ares i subcontract work pdf press release . united space alliance . 2008 10 16 . retrieved 2008 11 03 . nasa selects companies for heavy lift vehicle studies . nasa . retrieved 8 november 2010 . united space alliance . retrieved 2015 03 18 . external links edit united space alliance llc v t e lockheed martin divisions and subsidiaries current lm aeronautics lm canada lm information technology lm mission systems and sensors lm missiles and fire control lm orincon lm global training and logistics lm space systems lm transportation & security solutions lm uk sikorsky aircraft skunk works former lm systems integration owego savi technology joint ventures united space alliance united launch alliance facilities goodyear airdock knolls atomic power laboratory lm space applications laboratory michoud assembly facility sandia national laboratories active products a2100 aegis aerotext asroc atacms atlas v rocket c 5 c 130j space shuttle external fuel tank force hawk f 16 f 22 f 35 gps block iiia jassm javelin jcm hellfire himars meads milstar mlrs muos nimiq orion spacecraft under development p 3 predator missile sbirs thaad sniper xr t 50 trident missile u 2 category commons v t e boeing companies boeing aircraft holding company boeing australia boeing canada boeing capital boeing commercial airplanes boeing defense space & security boeing phantom works boeing rotorcraft systems boeing uk hrl laboratories jeppesen mcdonnell douglas narus spectrolab united launch alliance people william m. allen james a. bell john h. biggs william boeing john bryson arthur d. collins jr. philip m. condit william m. daley darleen druyun kenneth duberstein edgar gott philip g. johnson john mcdonnell james mcnerney susan schwab michael m. sears frank shrontz harry stonecipher malcolm t. stamper thornton wilson mike s. zafirovski projects bct modernization boeing black boeing 7x7 series boeing hydrofoils boeing jetfoils connexion by boeing future combat systems facilities boeing everett factory boeing plant 1 boeing plant 2 boeing renton factory boeing south carolina boeing store future of flight aviation center & boeing tour michoud assembly facility plant 42 other boeing strike of 1948 boeing technical fellowship competition between airbus and boeing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title united space alliance & oldid 743640384 categories aerospace companiesboeingspace shuttle programinternational space stationlockheed martincompanies 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