WASHINGTON – Two US senators are asking Defence Secretary Ash Carter to jumpstart a Pentagon initiative to develop a new US rocket engine that could replace the Russian-built RD-180 motor, which powers a key rocket used to lift satellites into space.Senators James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said they were concerned that the Defence Department and the Air Force were not complying with a law that seeks development of a US alternate engine by 2019.The senators said the Air Force was not using $220 million appropriated by …read more
Source: AsiaOne
