Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts

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Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts

The White House has not made a final decision yet on the large rocket.

ERIC BERGER – FEB 7, 2025 5:07 PM


The Space Launch System rocket is seen rolling toward its launch pad, LC-39B, in Florida. Credit: Trevor Mahlmann

The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility that NASA cancels the long-running program.

On Friday, with less than an hour's notice, David Dutcher, Boeing's vice president and program manager for the SLS rocket, scheduled an all-hands meeting for the approximately 800 employees working on the program. The apparently scripted meeting lasted just six minutes, and Dutcher didn't take questions.

During his remarks, Dutcher said Boeing's contracts for the rocket could end in March and that the company was preparing for layoffs in case the contracts with the space agency were not renewed. "Cold and scripted" is how one person described Dutcher's demeanor.

Giving a 60-day notice

The aerospace company, which is the primary contractor for the rocket's large core stage, issued the notifications as part of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (or WARN) Act, which requires US employers with 100 or more full-time employees to provide a 60-day notice in advance of mass layoffs or plant closings.

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