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Rocket engine:

The decision to use the RD-180 for the Atlas V launch vehicle is a result of post-cold war cooperation between U.S. businesses and the Russian defense industry. The RD-180 relationship was urged by the U.S. government as a means of preventing Russian military technology from proliferating. The RD-180 was jointly developed by U.S. and Russian Defense Industries to provide the Atlas V with a technologically advanced and reliable engine. Since then, the Atlas V product has provided enormous value and mission assurance for ULA customers.
http://www.ulalaunch.com/faqs-rd-180.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-180

The reason to use the Russian produced rocket engine was not only to prevent proliferation, but as well financial. The production cost in Russia was, and is, much lower than in the US: The added cost for launches would be over $2 billion,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2016/05/23/banning-russian-rocket-engines-will-increase-costs-and-risks/

Globalist pinheads can attempt to justify the reasons the United States started buying rocket engines from the Russian Federation, but there is really only one reason why the US continues to do so...because it can no longer build a reliable alternative on its own.

4/8/16: U.S. needs up to 18 more Russian rocket engines: Pentagon

4/28/16: House panel doubles authorized purchase of Russian rocket engines

Nationalists understand that you NEVER outsource such critical military technology because it creates exactly this kind of national security vulnerability, not to mention the loss of thousands of good paying rocket manufacturing jobs.