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 RD-180 is built by NPO Energomash of Russia and sold to Denver-based ULA by RD-Amross, a joint venture between Energomash and United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Connecticut. Its key role ...

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.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — 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 ...

FB: Too fast? Air Force leaders warn Congress the move away from the Russian-made RD-180 could limit the service's ability to launch Gen. John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command ...

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) Though Congress ...

United Launch Alliance, whose workhorse Atlas 5 rocket is powered by the RD-180, cited the ban among its reasons for not bidding last month on a contract to launch a GPS-3 satellite for the U.S ...

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to launch Amazon's second group of satellites for its Kuiper internet satellite ...