Trace the $1.5B
ULA's books
Boeing's book?
Lockheed's book?
Pick whose balance sheet you think the $1.5B lands on and watch whether the money can actually get there. Trace mode autoplays the whole path.
A private placement at the ULA rocket joint venture stays off Boeing's consolidated balance sheet
Boeing — 50% parent
consolidated balance sheet
gross debt $45.9B
cash ~$20B (end-Q2 2026)
5 · nothing added
Lockheed — 50% parent
consolidated balance sheet
ledger unchanged
50% equity-method investment in ULA
50%
50%
1 · parents — JV not consolidated
not consolidated
2 · private placement
unregistered · 3 banks
tripled from ~$500M
institutional
investors
$1.5B source
US Bancorp
Mizuho
Wells Fargo
ULA — 50/50 launch venture
separate entity · equity-method investment
4 · bonds + proceeds sit here
$1.5B private-placement debt
3 · uses of proceeds
launch capability
investment
refinancing
existing ULA debt
6 · off parent balance sheets
bonds sit at ULA, not consolidated
not consolidated — blocked
not consolidated — blocked
bonds at ULA
Debt sits 100% at ULA. Recourse vs non-recourse (any parent guarantee) is unconfirmed and deliberately left ambiguous; coupon and terms were not published.