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Washington's use of sanctions. to deliver heavy payloads into space, satellites with classified missions, the u.s. air force employs the atlas v system. the contract was awarded to a joint venture between lockheed martin and boeing to purchase engines. but the engines that ula uses in the atlas v system are manufactured by a kremlin controlled entity called npo. the engines are rd-180. powered in part by liquid oxygen and fetch 15 to $20 million apiece, the russian space sector is overseen by the deputy prime minister of the russian federal racing and a long-time putin ally and one of the offi...

Sanctions in the wake of ukraine crisis. the deputy prime minister was among those targeted in a white house sanctions announcement but he is also tied to a deal to supply the u.s. air force with rockets. chief washington correspondent james rosen live from d.c. with more on that. james. >> reporter: jon, good afternoon. fox news has learned about a case in i with the u.s. itself may be undermining the very sanctions that president obama imposed on senior russian officials last month. he is deputy prime minister of the russian federation, a long-time putin ally, whose portfolio includes the ru...

United launch agency or ula. ula is providing to the air force 30 sick rockets or booster cores in the use of atlas v and other launch systems but the engines used in the atlas v, care seen liquid okay again unit manufactured and supplied to ula, a kremlin controlled firm. and that firm is overseen by regazan the man president obama sanctioned last month. >> there is an impetus for ula to go out and purchase as many russian engines as possible before future sanctions go place. this may not be in the best interests of the u.s. diplomacies. >> reporter: a spokesperson for ula told fox news ula m...