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Aerojet believed that the AR-1 could replace the RD-180 in the US Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle fleet, and that it would be more affordable. [11] On 21 August 2014, the U.S. Air Force released an official request for information (RFI) for a replacement for the RD-180. The RFI seeks information on "booster propulsion and/or launch system ...
The report recommended for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to "determine the necessity of an EELV heavy-lift variant, including development of an Atlas V Heavy", and to "resolve the RD-180 issue, including coproduction, stockpile, or United States development of an RD-180 replacement". [59]
Vulcan is a successor to the Atlas V, and BE-4 would replace the Russian-made RD-180 engine. [15] Blue Origin said that the "BE-4 would be 'ready for flight' by 2017". [7] Blue Origin indicated that they intend to make the engine available to companies beyond ULA. [16] By April 2015, two parallel development programs were under way.
RD AMROSS, a limited liability company, is a U.S. joint venture between Pratt & Whitney of West Palm Beach, Florida and NPO Energomash of Khimki, Russia based in Jupiter, Florida. NPO Energomash manufactures the RD-180 rocket engine for RD AMROSS, and provides designing, manufacturing, testing and other services for liquid propulsion rocket ...
The report recommended for the Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office to "determine the necessity of an EELV heavy-lift variant, including development of an Atlas V Heavy", and to "resolve the RD-180 issue, including coproduction, stockpile, or U.S. development of an RD-180 replacement." [27] [needs update]
Under Bruno's leadership, ULA was under pressure to reduce costs to better compete with SpaceX and its partially reusable rockets, replace its Russian-made RD-180 with more efficient western-made engines, [19] and introduce a next-generation launch vehicle. The company's high cost to launch left the company with few commercial and civil ...
RD-180 Russia: NPO Energomash ... S-I stage replacement (proposed) 1st PBAN: Solid fuel 263: 26,183,755: 831,345 with fuel AR1
AR1—An Aerojet Rocketdyne project partially funded by the United States Air Force as a potential replacement for the RD-180 Russian engine. [ 13 ] BE-4 — Blue Origin LCH4 / LOX engine—using the oxygen-rich staged combustion (ORSC) cycle—used on the ULA Vulcan launch vehicle, which will replace the Atlas V and Delta IV , first launched ...