Industry Team Hopes To Resurrect Atlas V Post RD-180.

The article focuses on the plan of the team of defense companies such as Aeroject Rocketdyne Holdings Ind., Dynetics Inc. and Shafer Corp. to keep the Atlas V rocket alive with the new AR-1 propulsion system developed by Aerojet in the U.S. The initiative was part of the effort to understand whether the trio can make a business to sell a re-engine Atlas V to the government. It notes that the fleet was originally developed by Lockheed Martin and operated by the United Launch Alliance (ULA).