US Congressmen want to ban the purchase of Russian RD-180 rocket engines
Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Senator John McCain called for changes to the law and again to prohibit the United States from using Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines.
Rocket engines RD-180
The congressmen are confident that the engines manufactured by the NPO Energomash, which are purchased by the United Launch Alliance, are manufactured at a union controlled by the Russian government and Vladimir Putin’s “close friends”, Interfax reported .
The United Alliance United Launch Alliance has repeatedly bought Russian RD-180 rocket engines for its Atlas V launch vehicles. These missiles are used by the US Air Force to put military and reconnaissance satellites into orbit.
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Some time in the United States already had a ban on their purchase, but due to the lack of an alternative, the ban was lifted. Before the Alliance launches the next-generation Vulcan launch vehicles with American engines, it remains about four years .
Another American company, Orbital Sciences, is developing Antares missiles and the Cygnus space truck, and it buys RD-181 rocket engines from Energomash .
Rocket engines RD-180
The congressmen are confident that the engines manufactured by the NPO Energomash, which are purchased by the United Launch Alliance, are manufactured at a union controlled by the Russian government and Vladimir Putin’s “close friends”, Interfax reported .
The United Alliance United Launch Alliance has repeatedly bought Russian RD-180 rocket engines for its Atlas V launch vehicles. These missiles are used by the US Air Force to put military and reconnaissance satellites into orbit.
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Some time in the United States already had a ban on their purchase, but due to the lack of an alternative, the ban was lifted. Before the Alliance launches the next-generation Vulcan launch vehicles with American engines, it remains about four years .
Another American company, Orbital Sciences, is developing Antares missiles and the Cygnus space truck, and it buys RD-181 rocket engines from Energomash .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/371681/
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