Tory Bruno resigns as President & CEO of ULA

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I’ll put this here in a separate thread rather than cluttering up the ULA threads in the aviation section. I don’t think this bodes well for ULA, and I would be interested to know where he’s going.

Tory Bruno has resigned from ULA:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003150358491586827
View: https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/2003150358491586827


Statement from Robert Lightfoot, ULA Lockheed Martin Board Chair and Kay Sears, ULA Boeing Board Chair
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https://newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/statement-from-robert-lightfoot-and-kay-sears
Statement from Robert Lightfoot, ULA Lockheed Martin Board Chair and Kay Sears, ULA Boeing Board Chair

After nearly 12 years leading United Launch Alliance (ULA), current ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno has resigned to pursue another opportunity.

We are grateful for Tory’s service to ULA and the country, and we thank him for his leadership.

Effective immediately, John Elbon is named as the Interim CEO. We have the greatest confidence in John to continue strengthening ULA’s momentum while the board proceeds with finding the next leader of ULA. Together with Mark Peller, the new COO, John’s career in aerospace and his launch expertise is an asset for ULA and its customers, especially for achieving key upcoming Vulcan milestones.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/2003153323764191670
View: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/2003153323764191670


Thank you for the opportunity to lead this amazing team. They have put ULA in a great position to do important things for our customers and Nation.
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After nearly 12 years with @ulalaunch, we’re grateful to @ToryBruno for his leadership as he departs for a new opportunity. And we congratulate ULA’s COO, John Elbon, as interim CEO and look forward to his leadership and exciting milestones ahead for the Vulcan rocket. In this incredible endeavor, we all lift each other!
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https://twitter.com/x/status/2003152721030054259
View: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/2003152721030054259


Thank you. It has been a great privilege to lead ULA through its transformation and to bring Vulcan into service. My work here is now complete and I will be cheering ULA on.
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After nearly 12 years with @ulalaunch, we’re grateful to @ToryBruno for his leadership as he departs for a new opportunity. And we congratulate ULA’s COO, John Elbon, as interim CEO and look forward to his leadership and exciting milestones ahead for the Vulcan rocket. In this incredible endeavor, we all lift each other!
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Space News: United Launch Alliance chief Tory Bruno resigns [Dec 22]

ULA said that John Elbon will serve as interim chief executive with Bruno’s resignation. The company announced Dec. 8 that Elbon, who has been the chief operating officer, would retire from the company after eight years.
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Implies that this announcement wasn't planned in advance and that something occurred within ULA's management.

Berger also suggesting that this was an involuntary departure:

I would guess it is an opportunity to have some unexpected time off.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/2003181212060516779
View: https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/2003181212060516779#m
 
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It feels quite abrupt. I don’t think ULA is going away soon, but their long-term position is increasingly untenable, especially with how Boeing and Lockheed treat the company. Vulcan is pretty good technically, but expendables just can’t scale the way even partial reuse (when designing for cost rather than efficiency) can.
 
BlueAbyssal said:
It feels quite abrupt. I don’t think ULA is going away soon, but their long-term position is increasingly untenable, especially with how Boeing and Lockheed treat the company. Vulcan is pretty good technically, but expendables just can’t scale the way even partial reuse (when designing for cost rather than efficiency) can.
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It won't, it has a back log of more than 70 launches. The largest of anytime in its existence. It is a joint venture, which seldom don't last more than a few decades.
 
Yes, that’s why I said it’s not going away soon. Soon being at least fifteen to twenty years. Typical lifespans of joint ventures like ULA often last forty years or more.
 

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