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 ...

The ban, imposed in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2015, permits ULA to use just five RD-180 engines for upcoming competitive phases of the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch ...

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 ...

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.

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) ...

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 ...

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.

With the replacement of the RD-180 all but inevitable, the head of a Russian space agency downplayed concerns about losing the engine’s biggest buyer: the Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint ...

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 ...

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A proposed U.S. rocket engine similar to the iconic Apollo-era F-1 could replace the Russian technology found on many American military boosters, according to the firms behind its design.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to launch Amazon's second group of satellites for its Kuiper internet satellite constellation today (June 16), and you can watch the action live.