Partner News
RL10 Engine to Power ULA's New Vulcan Centaur Upper Stage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 11, 2018) – United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 rocket engine to power the upper stage that will fly atop ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. The selection came as part of a long-term agreement between the two companies that calls for Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide RL10 upper-stage rocket…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Hot Fire Testing on Propulsion System for MDA’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 7, 2018) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced today that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, its Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) Center Manifold for the Missile Defense Agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) successfully completed hot fire altitude testing. The RKV program is an integral part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System.
NanoRacks Selected as Launch Provider for Nationwide Canadian CubeSat Project
Winnipeg – Manitoba, Canada (May 4, 2018) – NanoRacks is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project – a nationwide small satellite development program sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The project provides funding to post-secondary institutions in Canada as…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Has InSight Every Step of the Way
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 3, 2018) — From liftoff to landing, Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems are playing a critical role in the NASA InSight Mars lander mission, slated for launch May 5 from Vandenberg, Air Force Base, California, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. NASA’s latest visitor to the red planet will rely on…
Epoch Honored by Arrow Electronics with SAP HANA Specialty Federal Partner Designation and Federal Partner of the Year Award
The SAP HANA designation recognizes Epoch Concepts’ superior efforts to become certified in SAP HANA, while the Federal Partner of the Year award marks the firm’s performance excellence selling HPE hardware to federal customers. DENVER (May 1, 2018) — Epoch Concepts LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) dedicated to providing best-of-breed technologies…
RL10 Selected for OmegA™ Rocket
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 16, 2018) — Orbital ATK has selected the RL10 rocket engine to provide propulsion for the third stage of the company’s OmegA rocket which includes a lineup of intermediate- and large-class space launch vehicle. “The RL10 has provided reliable upper stage propulsion for more than five decades and we look forward…
ULA Atlas V Launch to Feature Full Complement of Aerojet Rocketdyne Solid Rocket Boosters
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 13, 2018) — The upcoming launch of the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, will benefit from just over 1.74 million pounds of added thrust from five AJ-60A solid rocket boosters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The…
Hallmark software testbed development progresses
A revolutionary tool to enhance space operations (April 4, 2018) — The U.S. military must be able to quickly establish situational awareness and execute operations in space. This complex task requires the military to track and manage the many thousands of objects that are moving at extreme velocities within the space domain. The information gathered from…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters
REDMOND, Wash. (March 15, 2018) – Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed delivery of all of the crew module engines for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner spacecraft. Boeing will integrate the engines into the Starliner crew module at its Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starliner crew module…
Upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne Insensitive Explosive Successfully Tested by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for General Purpose Bombs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 8, 2018) – An upgraded insensitive explosive developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), was recently tested by AFRL to support the Mk-82 500-lb. and Mk-83 1,000-lb. general purpose bombs, which are also known as BLU-111 and…