Talk:RD Amross

Given the injunction against United Launch Alliance's use of the Russian made version (the injunction was at SpaceX request due to recent US sanctions against Russia related to the Ukraine), it would be good to update and include WHY Pratt & Whitney has not, as of May 2014, produced an RD-180 engine.

I have been digging, but so far, have no answer. -- cregil  (talk)  17:26, 5 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Have answer, but short on time.
 * Notes:


 * It'll cost $1B over five years, according the Pentagon. http://aviationweek.com/awin/us-rd-180-coproduction-would-cost-1-billion
 * My favorite space related reporter: http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/potential-spacecraft-neighbors-in-cameron-county-locked-in-firefight/article_0c279cde-d320-11e3-9620-001a4bcf6878.html#user-comment-area
 * Another Source to tie it together/; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1405/01rd180injunction/
 * -- cregil  (talk)  17:45, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Injunction was lifted according to this report from Reuters on Yahoo Finance which has additional information of possible use to this article, well as mentioning that William Parsons is the director of Amross (although not mentioned in Wikipedia article about him - yet). 99.170.117.163 (talk) 08:39, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Joint Venture Status
The article describes RD Amross as a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NPO Energomash. Now that Rocketdyne has been folded into Gencorp's Aerojet Rocketdyne, while Pratt & Whitney remains part of United Technologies Corporation, which company is partnered with Energomash?

This Sept. 29, 2014 article describes Amross as a joint venture between UTC and Energomash, and references Aerojet Rocketdyne separately, but I'd like to have an independent reference for that: http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/42017california-house-members-urge-launch-competition — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.236.134.132 (talk) 22:11, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

See my comment in section above for link to another more recent article. 99.170.117.163 (talk) 08:42, 19 November 2014 (UTC)