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...The FAA is treating them as a special class of “powered lift” aircraft, requiring specific pilot training....
...Aerojet said the AR1 would be ready to fly on Atlas V in 2020 and on Vulcan by 2021, only just behind the 2019 finish date that Blue Origin is targeting....
...However, ULA’s reliability record may be challenged by a significant looming upheaval facing its main rocket, the Atlas V....
...ULA is developing a new rocket system called Vulcan to replace the Atlas V and Delta rockets and end the company’s reliance for Atlas engines on the RD-180 , built in Russia....
...Aerojet’s offer underlines the company’s desire to supply the engine for the new Vulcan rocket that ULA is developing to replace its Atlas V, which is powered by Russia-built engines that congress has said...
...That ensures that an alternative to the Atlas V workhorse will always remain in production, ready to take over if needed....
...The engines — powered by methane, a new propellant for US-built engines — will initially power a similar rocket to the Atlas V that ULA powers with Russian-built RD180 engines....
...The hearing had debated the timetable for developing a new, US-built alternative to the Russian RD180 rocket engine, which powers the Atlas V rocket that handles many launches of US spy and other military...
...The RD-180 powers ULA’s Atlas V rocket, used for the most sensitive US satellite launches. The US looks all but certain to develop its own alternative....
...Fred Destin a venture capitalist at US-based Atlas Venture, said: “A couple of years ago Stockholm was still recovering from the effects of the dotcom crash and few people saw it as a major tech start-up...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
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