The government forced them to form ULA after Boeing was found to have thousands of pages of Lockheed proprietary info. Boeing had been stripped of a $1B launch

The government forced them to form ULA after Boeing was found to have thousands of pages of Lockheed proprietary info. Boeing had been stripped of a $1B launch award and was barred from bidding pending the investigation. Rather than have Boeing endure the criminal and civil liability a joint venture with advantageous terms to Lockheed was decided on. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-probe-intensifies-over-secret-lockheed-papers/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-probe-intensifi...