This report explores how the United States came to depend on the Russian RD-180 rocket engine as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, realistic options for the engine’s ...

WASHINGTON — The race to replace the Russian RD-180 rocket engine is steadily moving forward as companies plug away on developing and testing new engines and launch systems.

The U.S. plans to discontinue the use of Russian RD-180 engines.They are currently being used by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) company in its Atlas V carrier rockets.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Losing access to the Russian-made RD-180 engine that powers the Atlas 5 rocket would have a “significant impact” on the U.S. military space program, and options for ...

Bruno said ULA’s decision to invest in a new engine was driven in part by the uncertainty surrounding the RD-180 but more by what he sees as a need for a modern, U.S.-built rocket main engine.

NASA engineers test a Russian-built RD-180 rocket engine on Nov. 4, 1998, at the Marshall Space Flight Center's Advanced Engine Test Facility (NASA via U.S. Defense Department) ...

ORLANDO If U.S. lawmakers have their way, the Russian-built RD-180 engine will cease being used on military launches by 2019. Language agreed upon for the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal 2016 National Defense Authorization Act limits the Pentagon's amount of Russian RD-180 rocket engines to nine, and calls on multiple U.S ...

He has money, media power and the ear of President Vladimir Putin. Such is his influence that some observers have described Yuri Kovalchuk as the Rupert Murdoch of Russia. Kovalchuk is one of an ...

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NASA engineers test a Russian-built RD-180 rocket engine on Nov. 4, 1998, at the Marshall Space Flight Center's Advanced Engine Test Facility (NASA via U.S. Defense Department) ...