ars TECHNICA by Eric Berger – Apr 30, 2026
If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we’re here for it. Earlier this week, Blue Origin posted a job opportunity for a “senior manager” to oversee tank fabrication for “Quattro,” and the description contained some intriguing information.
“As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers you will be the Senior Manager of Gen 2.0 Tank Fabrication, and will own the production execution of the most structurally complex and schedule-critical subsystem on the vehicle—the propellant tank,” the job posting states.
Quattro is the company’s nickname for a more powerful upper stage for the New Glenn rocket, which will feature four BE-3U engines instead of the two currently powering the booster. Blue Origin revealed plans for this more powerful variant of New Glenn, 9×4 (nine first stage engines, and four upper stage engines), last November.
It is possible this rocket, significantly larger than the 7×2 variant currently flying and necessary for the company’s lunar ambitions as part of NASA’s Artemis program, could make its debut next year.
And if you want to be the person responsible for building 100 tanks a year for these stages, it sounds like Blue Origin has a job open for you.
More:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/blue-origin-certainly-has-ambitious-launch-targets-for-new-glenn/
