While the Treasury Department is all over private companies on even the appearance of a sanctions violation, a private company has actually had to file suit in Federal Claims Court to try to force the Pentagon to comply with those same sanctions.
The court issued a temporary injunction against the Air Force preventing them from buying rocket engines from NPO Energomash, a Russian company, citing the expanded sanctions against Russia.
The engines were to be purchased by the Air Force and “United Launch Alliance,” a joint venture of major military contractors Lockheed Martin and Boeing, as part of the program to launch military satellites into orbit.
The lawsuit was brought by SpaceX, a domestic rocket-maker who wants the courts to reverse the booster contract to United Launch Alliance and to open up the program to commercial competition.
Now more light is shone on who benefits and who runs americas foreign policy,
I wonder how long it might take this tidbit of real news to filter out of the MSM? I also am betting the DoD makes a plea to the courts to throw the suit out – "national security" defense, of course.