U.S. Court of Federal claims has imposed on Wednesday a court ban on the use of Russian rocket engines organization United Launch Alliance joint venture organizations Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
for example, the United Launch Alliance is forbidden to make any acquisitions or payments with NPO " Energomash ", according to a court order, which does not concern previous contracts and procurement, RIA " Novosti ". Ban has made a private Company SpaceX, which produces rocket and space devices. SpaceX protested Against what the U.S. air force without a tender handed the contract to a joint venture of the American military organizations that purchase rocket engines in Russia. The agreement United Launch Alliance with the Russian-American factory " EP-Amros " presupposes deliveries in the USA 36 rocket engine RD-180. SpaceX is seeking commercial tender on purchase, hoping to win it from the Russian manufacturer. The court ruled against the background of appeals in the US Congress to create a U.S. rocket engine on liquid fuel for five years, so as not to depend on Russian products. Against this step is performed before other organisations, for example, Orbital Sciences, which uses Russian engines for launch vehicles. Before the Ministry of defense reported that because of the Ukrainian drop has the opportunity to be revised question about the use of Russian RD-180 engines for launch vehicles Atlas. However, later the head of the Rocket and space Corporation Energia, Vitaly Lopota said that the Russian Federation, despite the solution space Agency NASA to stop for a while a large portion of contacts with Moscow, will continue to supply US the RD-180 engines. Explaining sounded in mass media messages about the desire of Senalada licensed production of rocket engines RD-180 on its own territory, Vitaly Lopota said, because It is in practice impossible." It will be too expensive, in addition, fast production on the area of the United States not to develop ", - He said. Lopota also clarified that the Americans are trying to make their powerful engines, but on specified characteristics, they will be much to give Russian. RD-180 creates the Russian scientific-production Association " Energomash ". In the USA these engines adapted for installation on heavy boosters " Atlas-5 " Russian-American joint plant " KMG-Amros ". The current contract on delivery in USA RD-180 engines concluded before the end of 2018. First Deputy head of the USAF Eric fanning admitted that North America want to protect themselves from disruptions in the supply of this engine, and among them by using the company's production RD-180 on its territory. He confirmed that the US has a stock purchased from Russian RD-180, which allows the launch of " Atlas " until 2016.

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