The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this spring began an investigation into potential anti-competitive practices on the part of space launch services provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and rocket engine supplier RD AMROSS related to the exclusive supply of the RD-180 rocket engine. RD AMROSS, a joint venture between two rocket engine companies, Russia’s NPO Energomash and United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne unit, provides the RD-180 to ULA as the main engine for the Atlas V launch vehicle.…
FTC Investigating ULA, RD AMROSS For Anti-Competitive Behavior
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