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McCain Questions True Cost Of RD-180 To Air Force

Pat Host

Friday, June 20th, 2014

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McCain Questions True Cost Of RD-180 To Air Force

NASA engineers successfully test the Russian-built RD-180 in 1998 at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala. Photo: NASA.

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member John McCain (R-Ariz.) Friday questioned the true cost of the RD-180 Russian-made rocket engine to the Air Force. In a letter to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Frank Kendall, McCain said he is aware of claims that the engines have been sold by manufacturer NPO Energomash to RD AMROSS, the joint venture created to distribute the RD-180 in the United States, at a “much lower price” than what RD…

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