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DoD Resisting Proposed Legislation Prohibiting Use Of RD-180

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

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The Defense Department is resisting proposed House legislation that would prohibit use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines in national security space launches, according to a letter obtained by sister publication Defense Daily. In an April 3 letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), Assistant Defense Secretary for Legislative Affairs Elizabeth King strongly opposes legislation that would require DoD shift all Atlas V missions, which use the RD-180, to the Delta IV or new entrants, if and when they become…

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