Commission Recommends Work Begins On New Engine Program

Aviation Week (5/21, Butler, Morring, 3K)  based on a summary briefing yet to be released report, a “hastily gathered” commission led by Air Force Maj. Gen. (ret.) Howard Mitchell, with former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin as deputy chair,
Space News (5/21, Gruss, Subscription Publication, 481) Mitchell Report give “a bleak outlook for the American launch landscape without the RD-180 engine.”
Defense News (5/21, Mehta, 1K) notes that along with the Mitchell Report, US Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning, during an interview, recommended an alternative to the RD-180