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Air Force

McCain Wants DoD Answers On Air Force-Energomash Business In Light Of Sanctions

Pat Host

Wednesday, May 7th, 2014

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McCain Wants DoD Answers On Air Force-Energomash Business In Light Of Sanctions

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.) wants Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to explain why the Pentagon didn’t halt business between launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and rocket engine manufacturer NPO Energomash in light of recent economic sanctions issued by President Barack Obama. “I am greatly concerned that it took legal action by a potential competitor in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program--a private company--to ensure the EELV program’s compliance with the president’s sanctions against select…

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