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United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno Resigns
Tory Bruno led ULA for 12 years, overseeing Vulcan rocket development and securing 42 Amazon launches amid rising competition from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- Tory Bruno, ULA President and CEO, resigned on Monday to pursue another opportunity, with John Elbon, ULA chief operating officer, named interim CEO during the leadership search.
- Bruno had been steering ULA through Vulcan’s delayed development, which first launched in 2024, amid rising competition from SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, and Blue Origin, associated with Jeff Bezos.
- Commercially, ULA has flown its first four Amazon missions this year, with 42 launches lined up toward more than 3,200 satellites, despite flying six missions in 2025.
- Board chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears thanked Tory Bruno for his leadership, while Bruno posted on X that `My work here is now complete` as John Elbon becomes interim CEO.
- Facing a backlog of more than 20 national-security missions, ULA will use some of its 10 remaining Atlas V rockets plus Vulcan supply for missions in early 2026.
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Tory Bruno Resigns as United Launch Alliance CEO: A New Era Begins
Tory Bruno Resigns as United Launch Alliance CEO: A New Era Begins Tory Bruno, the longstanding CEO of United Launch Alliance, has stepped down after leading the Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture for almost 12 years. The announcement came on Monday, and ULA has named an interim CEO to take the helm in Bruno's stead.Bruno, who joined ULA in 2014, played a pivotal role during a transformative period in the aerospace industry. Under his lead…
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