SpaceX breaks Boeing-Lockheed monopoly on military space launches

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air

Force on Wednesday awarded billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX an $83

million contract to launch a GPS satellite, breaking the

monopoly that Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co

have had on military space launches for more than a decade.

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