Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James indicated this week that the service is very close to awarding a third public-private partnership agreement to build a new rocket engine prototype, even as it looks to broaden the scope of its investment in fiscal year 2017 to focus on a more holistic approach to eliminating reliance on Russian rocket engines. During a Jan. 27 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, James told lawmakers the service has obligated $176 million of the $260 million...
