The USA will pay $ 1 billion for the engines Russians

The president of the Russian aerospace company Energia Vladimir Solntsev and AD The US company Orbital Sciences Corporation David Thompson signed a contract for direct supply of engines for rockets designed and manufactured by the Research Center Energomash.

The value of the contract for the supply of 60 "RD-181" is about $ 1 billion.

The first two engines will be delivered to the American buyer next June. The drafting of the contract required three years.

According Solntsev, the range of engines is built on one principle technology: can be mounted on rockets class lightweight and super-heavy.