Northrop announces development of Antares rocket without Russian engines
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The press service of the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman released a statement by Vice President Scott Lehr, in which he announced plans to develop his own launch vehicle without the participation of Russian suppliers.
“We will develop a fully domestic version of our Antares-330 rocket,” he said.
It is specified that the rocket will be used for commercial Cygnus services to supply the ISS.
Recall that the Antares launch vehicle currently used by the company is equipped with Russian R-181 engines, the assembly of its first stage is carried out by the Ukrainian Yuzhmash.
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