(Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that subsequent to publication, the Defense Department released a contract announcement saying there were two proposals for the GPS III launch services contract. The Air Force would neither comment nor disclose the submitter of the second bid.) The Air Force has awarded SpaceX an $82.7 million contract to launch a next-generation Global Positioning System satellite, becoming the first launch provider to break United Launch Alliance's 10-year monopoly lifting national security...
