Aerojet Rocketdyne has fulfilled its task to produce hardware necessary for the propulsion of the rocket that would send a crewed Orion spacecraft around the moon as part of NASA's second Artemis mission. The company said Monday it completed the RL10 and RS-25 engines for the Space Launch System in support of Artemis II, the second integrated SLS-Orion flight and the first lunar flyby with crew.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Reaches THAAD Motor, Control Tech Delivery Milestone; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed delivery of a milestone 600th delivery of boost motor and divert-and-attitude control system to the Missile Defense Agency's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program.
Read More »APL Integrates Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Propulsion Tech for NASA’s DART Mission; Eileen Drake Quoted
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has integrated chemical and electrical propulsion systems from Aerojet Rocketdyne into a spacecraft for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Conducts Large Rocket Motor Static Fire Test; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has demonstrated the static fire performance of a new solid rocket motor designed to provide bolstered propulsion with reduced operational and production requirements.
Read More »Raytheon Secures $1B Strategic Agreement for Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Systems; Eugene Jaramillo, Eileen Drake Quoted
Raytheon Company Missile Systems has secured a five-year, $1B strategic agreement to purchase propulsion systems from Aerojet Rocketdyne for standard missile products, the company announced on Thursday.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Integrates Vacuum Chamber Into Engineering Facility; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has incorporated a vacuum chamber casting into its Camden, N.J.-based engineering, manufacturing and development facility to support production efforts for large solid rocket motors.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Gets DARPA Hypersonic Defense Tech Dev’t Contract; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a potential $19.6M contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency build a defense technology to support the interception of hypersonic threats.
Read More »NASA Accepts Aerojet Rocketdyne Upper Stage Engines for SLS Rocket; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has shipped four upper stage engines that will support the propulsion of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Lockheed Develop USAF Hypersonic Weapon; Eileen Drake Quoted
Lockheed Martin has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to support the development of a hypersonic missile under an $81.5M subcontract.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Finishes Preliminary Tests Under DARPA Hypersonics Program; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded the initial firing tests of a hypersonic propulsion system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Propulsion Tech for NASA’s Lunar Outpost; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has demonstrated a propulsive device NASA plans to use with a key component of the agency's future Gateway lunar outpost.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne, Firefly Form Launch Services Partnership; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has partnered with Firefly Aerospace to jointly provide launch services to support low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit and Moon missions for the government and commercial sectors.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Eileen Drake on Potential Impact of Political Changes on Space, Military Programs
Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said the company thinks some civilian space and defense programs could be in jeopardy if a new president is elected in 2020, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Subsidiary Demos Air Launch Extraction, Descent System; Eileen Drake Quoted
An Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary has demonstrated an air launch extraction and descent platform for target missile simulators under a contract with the Missile Defense Agency.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production in Arkansas; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne broke ground Thursday on its engineering, manufacturing and development site in Camden, Ark., for solid rocket motors.
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