Eric M. Johnson

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Global Business of Space Editor at Bloomberg News

Global Business of Space Editor at Bloomberg @business | Novel: WHENEVER A HAPPY THING FALLS (https://t.co/TtUyHNZAgP) | [email protected]

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SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Win $13 Billion in Pentagon Launch Contracts

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson

SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin won billions of dollars in contracts to loft the Pentagon’s most-sensitive satellites over several years. The national security launch awards, announced late on Friday, reflect the deepening ties Elon Musk’s rocket company has made with the US government and its strong challenge to longstanding incumbent ULA, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.
Stuck US Astronauts Closer to Return as New Crew Arrives at ISS

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson

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Boeing to Cut Fewer Moon Rocket Jobs After ‘Daily’ NASA Talks

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson

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Boeing to Lay Off About 400 Workers on Moon Rocket Program

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson |Julie Johnsson

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Boeing’s (BA) Starliner Program Head John Mulholland to Retire

2 months ago | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson

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Omnicom Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Interpublic, WSJ Reports

Dec 8, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson |Eleanor Harmsworth

Omnicom Group Inc. is in advanced talks to buy Interpublic Group in a deal that would would create the world’s largest advertising firm, the Wall Street Journal reported , citing people with knowledge of the matter. An all-stock transaction, which may be announced as soon as this week, would bring together two of the best known advertising and ad buying companies in an industry shakeup that underscores years of consolidation, the newspaper reported Sunday.
Boeing (BA) Shares Rise on WSJ Report It’s Exploring Sale of Space Business

Oct 25, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Julie Johnsson |Eric M. Johnson

Boeing Co. is weighing options for the future of its troubled Starliner space capsule program as part of a broad portfolio review under new Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg, according to a person familiar with the matter. The assessment is at an early stage and no decisions about divesting the Starliner program have been made, said the person, asking not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. The company could decide to keep the business.
SpaceX Accounts for 80% of FAA’s Space Workers’ Overtime

Sep 11, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Loren Grush |Eric M. Johnson

US air safety regulators are working overtime to keep up with safety and launch license applications at Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the world’s most prolific rocket launch company. “They get the majority of our resources,” Daniel Murray, an executive director at the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Office, told an aerospace summit in Washington on Wednesday. “80% of the overtime that we log, and this is hundreds of hours a month, goes to SpaceX,” he said, referring to his office specifically.
Bezos’ Blue Origin Suffers Fiery Setback Building New Rocket

Aug 21, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson |Loren Grush |Rainier Harris

Blue Origin LLC sustained failures in recent weeks of testing including a factory mishap that damaged a portion of a future New Glenn rocket, the long-awaited centerpiece of the Jeff Bezos-backed startup’s push to take on SpaceX. The upper portion of one rocket crumpled into itself, in part due to worker error, while it was being moved to a storage hangar, according to people familiar with the situation.
The Pentagon’s Top Rocket Launcher Is Behind Profit Goals and Losing Staff

Aug 14, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Eric M. Johnson |Rainier Harris

For over a decade, United Launch Alliance had an absolute monopoly. If the Pentagon wanted to send a spy satellite to space, the Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. venture was its only choice. Now, Elon Musk ’s well-funded SpaceX has eaten into its business, capturing 40% of Pentagon contracts over the last few years. Jeff Bezos ’ Blue Origin threatens to take more of the pie once it certifies its New Glenn rocket.

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17 Jan 25

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched a brand-new rocket into orbit on its first try. The initial euphoria is likely to give way to a more sober recognition of the challenges that still lie ahead https://t.co/sKoikAGhuc via @business

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21 Nov 24

RT @BruceEinhorn: In Bloomberg's Business of Space newsletter this week: Brazil turns to a Chinese satellite company that wants to compete…

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5 Nov 24

CEOs are more worried about how the US presidential election will impact their businesses than they were four years ago https://t.co/UV0OvJEuZf via @bpolitics

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Articles

SpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Win $13 Billion in Pentagon Launch Contracts

Stuck US Astronauts Closer to Return as New Crew Arrives at ISS

Boeing to Cut Fewer Moon Rocket Jobs After ‘Daily’ NASA Talks

Boeing to Lay Off About 400 Workers on Moon Rocket Program

Boeing’s (BA) Starliner Program Head John Mulholland to Retire

Omnicom Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Interpublic, WSJ Reports

Boeing (BA) Shares Rise on WSJ Report It’s Exploring Sale of Space Business

SpaceX Accounts for 80% of FAA’s Space Workers’ Overtime

Bezos’ Blue Origin Suffers Fiery Setback Building New Rocket

The Pentagon’s Top Rocket Launcher Is Behind Profit Goals and Losing Staff

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