United Space Alliance Looks to New Horizons

As the United States sets its sights on new challenges in space exploration,
United Space Alliance (USA) signaled its commitment to those goals with the
unveiling this week of a new corporate logo symbolizing the company’s experience
and innovation, and its focus on new horizons in the space industry.

The new logo retains the signature red, white and blue “USA” letters which have
been part of the company’s identity since the beginning, and which have come to
be associated with a record of proven performance. However, the Space Shuttle
Orbiter embedded in the “A” is replaced by a crescent representing new horizons
for USA and its customers, along with a star representing the human ingenuity
and innovation that will be required to reach those new horizons.

“We are intensely proud of our Space Shuttle heritage, and our top priority is
completion of the remaining Shuttle missions safely and successfully,” said
Richard Covey, USA’s Chief Executive Officer. “But our business focus extends
beyond one vehicle. This aligns our brand with the new directions and future
priorities of our customers.”

As NASA’s prime Space Shuttle contractor since 1996, USA is uniquely positioned
to apply its broad experience and proven performance in space operations to the
challenges and requirements that lie beyond Shuttle and the International Space
Station.

“Going forward, our customers face tremendous challenges in bringing new systems
on line that will operate safely, effectively and affordably. USA offers the
operations experience and innovation needed to achieve their goals, and we look
forward to being a part of that effort,” Covey said.

The new logo is just one step in the process of USA’s transformation from a
single contract company to a business that competes successfully for multiple
contracts in both government and commercial arenas — a process that is well
underway.

The company has already established subsidiary companies designed to compete in
civil, commercial and international space operations markets.

USA is part of the Lockheed Martin team that is designing and developing the
Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. The company is also working with Alliant
Techsystems on the development and production of the Ares I rocket first stage.

Under USA’s existing Space Program Operations Contract, more than 1,300 USA
employees have contributed their skills and experience to a variety of projects
related to NASA’s Constellation Program. In addition, USA is playing a key role
in planning and executing the first Ares I test flight, called Ares I-X,
scheduled for next year from Kennedy Space Center.

USA has plans to compete for a number of future operations contracts with NASA
as well as other customers.

Covey noted that the idea of setting new horizons is not new to USA employees.
“With every mission we fly, we push the boundaries of our experience and
knowledge to higher levels,” he said, adding, “That experience and new knowledge
is continuously reinvested in our ongoing efforts to advance and improve the
state of space operations for our customers.”

United Space Alliance is a world leader in space operations with extensive
experience in virtually all aspects of the field. Headquartered in Houston with
10,000 employees working in Texas, Florida and Alabama, USA is applying its
broad range of capabilities to NASA’s Space Shuttle, International Space Station
and Constellation programs as well as to space operations customers in the
commercial and international space industry sectors.