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ULA Let RD AMROSS Engine Exclusivity Deal Lapse For 2.5 Years, Orbital Says

Gally Articola

Monday, July 1st, 2013

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) let an exclusivity agreement with Russian rocket engine provider RD AMROSS expire two-and-a-half years before renewing it in the late 2000s, a direct reaction to Orbital Sciences’ [ORB] attempts to compete in the medium-class launch market, Orbital alleged in its lawsuit against ULA. Orbital alleges in its suit, Orbital Sciences v. United Launch Alliance and RD AMROSS, that the company, RD AMROSS and United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne division reached an agreement to supply RD AMROSS’ RD-180 engine to…

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