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Air Force Vows To Ground Atlas If Treasury Finds RD-180s Violate Sanctions

Pat Host

Friday, February 19th, 2016

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Air Force Vows To Ground Atlas If Treasury Finds RD-180s Violate Sanctions

ULA's Atlas V rolls out to the Cape Canaveral launchpad in preparation for Orbital ATK's Dec. 3 Cargo Resupply Services Mission. Photo: ULA.

The Air Force will ground its fleet of Atlas V rockets if the Treasury Department finds that Russia’s space industry reorganization violates sanctions, according to a key official.Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) chief Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves said Friday if the service is not supposed to be flying Russian-developed RD-180 rocket engines, they will be grounded. RD-180s are developed by NPO Energomash of Khimki, Russia, a partially state-owned company, and are used in the Atlas V.“If these…

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