Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. Boeing Co.

MEMORANDUM *

*770 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) was not eligible to compete for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Buy 3 launch contracts for fiscal year 2006. See Space Exploration Techs. Corp. v. United States (“SpaceX”), 68 Fed.Cl. 1, 4, 6-7 (2005). SpaceX’s complaint does not allege that SpaceX was in fact improperly barred from competing for subsequent USAF contracts.

We affirm the district court’s judgment that SpaceX lacks Article III standing to bring its claims. See Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 180-81 , 120 S.Ct. 693 , 145 L.Ed.2d 610 (2000); Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 563-64 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 , 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992); Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 504-05 , 95 S.Ct. 2197 , 45 L.Ed.2d 343 (1975). The injury and causation as alleged in SpaceX’s complaint are too speculative to establish standing. See Lujan, 504 U.S. at 564 & n. 2, 112 S.Ct. 2130 .

We do not reach the issue of whether SpaceX would have Article III standing to bring a claim in the event that SpaceX was not “accorded every opportunity to compete for future contracts.” SpaceX, 68 Fed.Cl. at 5 n. 5 (emphasis added). The issue of…