Blue Origin has pushed back their space tourism plans to 2019. Was 2018. Also seems like they're taking longer on their BE 4 engine than expected. That's not a significant problem for Blue Origin since they can take as long as they want, but it's really troubling for ULA.
ULA's next gen rocket Vulcan is wanting to use BE 4 engines but they have a different engine design as backup. Vulcan is supposed to fly in 2019 and replace the company's current rocket so there's a lot of pressure to get it launched as quick as possible. If Blue Origin can't get the engine working in time, then ULA will have to go with the backup engine which has worse performance.
ULA's next gen rocket Vulcan is wanting to use BE 4 engines but they have a different engine design as backup. Vulcan is supposed to fly in 2019 and replace the company's current rocket so there's a lot of pressure to get it launched as quick as possible. If Blue Origin can't get the engine working in time, then ULA will have to go with the backup engine which has worse performance.
