‘Gradatim Ferociter!’ Jeff Bezos welcomes Ex-ULA CEO Bruno to Blue Origin in new role

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tory Bruno is jumping ship, er — rockets.

Earlier this week, News 6 told you that Tory Bruno, the CEO for United Launch Alliance, had left the company to pursue a new opportunity. Now we know what it is — he went to Blue Origin.

The aerospace company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced on X.com that Bruno will be the president of Blue Origin’s newly formed National Security Group.

The new job is in line with the experience Bruno gained during his time at ULA, a company with a large number of defense contracts for satellite launches.

Under Bruno, ULA partnered with Blue Origin to build the engine that became the core of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. ULA also became the launch provider for Project Kuiper, Blue Origin’s satellite internet system.

Bruno got a warm welcome on X from Blue Origin’s CEO Dave Limp, who said Bruno brings “unmatched experience.”

Bezos also weighed in.

Blue Origin already has some major government contracts, including a contract of up to $10.2 billion for a lunar lander for a future Artemis program mission, along with a more than $2 billion contract for the National Security Space Launch program.

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