Jeff Bezos's space startup to supply engines for ULA's Vulcan rocket: WSJ

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos's space startup Blue Origin LLC has won a contract to supply engines for United Launch Alliance LLC (ULA), the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

ULA, the rocket joint venture of Boeing Co (BA.N) and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), is set to announce on Thursday that it has picked Blue Origin's BE-4 engine for its Vulcan rocket, the WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter

ULA declined to comment, while Blue Origin did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)

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