The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee is calling on the Defense Department to evaluate whether United Launch Alliance's assertions that it cannot compete for an upcoming Global Positioning System launch have merit. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) wrote in a Dec. 8 letter addressed to Defense Secretary Ash Carter that he finds ULA's reasons for bowing out of the first competitive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle opportunity "troubling and suspicious" and directs an audit of the business systems the company...
