Air Force ‘hopeful’ Congress will support new strategy to phase out Russian rocket engines
by Sandra Erwin — November 3, 2017
The political battle continues over the next-generation evolved expendable launch vehicle.
WASHINGTON — As the House and Senate move to wrap up negotiations on the 2018 defense policy bill, the Air Force’s “launch systems enterprise” anxiously is waiting to see the final language in the National Defense Authorization Act. One of the concerns: Will Congress limit the options available to the Air Force to phase out Russian engines from U.S. military space launch vehicles?
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