USAF works with Congress to get leeway on using Russian RD-180 Engines

USAF works with Congress to get leeway on using Russian RD-180 Engines Washington DC (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2015 - The US air force is working with Congress to ease restrictions on using Russian RD-180 rocket engines, US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James stated on Wednesday. In 2014, Congress passed a law requiring the United States to develop a domestically produced next-generation rocket propulsion system by 2019 in order to eliminate reliance on the Russian RD-180 rocket engines. "We are t ... more

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