Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the Defense Department to report to Congress on its use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engine in national security launches. The bill requires an assessment of the feasibility of manufacturing an alternative rocket engine in the United States. It also requires an estimate of the cost of manufacturing an alternative rocket engine in the United States, including any cost savings that manufacturing a domestic alternative provides compared to buying Russian engines over…
Toomey Questions DoD Use Of Russian RD-180 Engines For Launch
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