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HASC Revisiting RD-180 Caps In Upcoming Authorization Season

Pat Host

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

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HASC Revisiting RD-180 Caps In Upcoming Authorization Season

A RD-180, which is made in Russia, undergoes hot fire testing. Photo: NASA.

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act.“The appropriation bill was different than what we did in the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), so we’re going to have to obviously revisit,” HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told Defense Daily Wednesday before a presentation at the National Press Club in Washington.United Launch Alliance (ULA) uses the RD-180 in its…

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