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USAF Awards Aerojet Rocketdyne a Medium Class Stage III Demonstration Contract
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 2, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has been awarded a contract under the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Propulsion Applications Program (PAP) to demonstrate a Medium Class Stage III motor with propulsion technologies that are applicable to multiple future common strategic propulsion systems. The…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Successful Launch of NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft to Study Effects of Atmospheric Change on Mars
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 18, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, played a major role in successfully placing NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft on its journey to determine how the loss of atmospheric gas may have changed the Martian climate over time. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air…
Orbit Logic Sponsors Balloon Launch of CubeSat
GREENBELT, Md., (October 18, 2013) – On Sunday, October 20, 2013, the Fort McHenry Composite Squadron (MER-MD-140) of the Civil Air Patrol will be launching a balloon to 100,000 feet carrying a CubeSat sponsored by Orbit Logic. This is the second mission for the Civil Air Patrol, High Altitude Stratospheric Experiment or C.H.A.S.E. The first…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests High Concentrated Photovoltaic System Designed to Provide More Solar Energy at Less Cost
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, is successfully demonstrating a commercial-scale High Concentrated Photovoltaic (HCPV) pilot system designed to generate more solar energy at less cost, in a smaller amount of space, than traditional flat-panel PV technology. The 600-square-foot unit is rated at 17.5 kilowatts DC, enough electricity…
Aerojet Rocketdyne High-Power Solar Electric Propulsion System: Providing Orbit Raising Propulsion for the Air Force Advanced Extremely High Frequency SV-3 Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 7, 2013) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its XR-5 high-power Hall Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) system has initiated orbit raising operations on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Space Vehicle 3 (SV-3) that launched September 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Each AEHF Space…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Welcomes Mark Tucker As Senior Vice President
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct 7, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, today announced that Mark Tucker will join the company as senior vice president of Enterprise Operations and Engineering. In this role, Tucker primarily will be responsible for planning and developing the overall strategies for multiple functions including manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Inserts NASA’s LADEE in Lunar Orbit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Oct. 7, 2013) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its 100-lbf High Performance Apogee Thruster (HiPAT™) bipropellant engine, integrated into a propulsion system built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), enabled NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) to achieve lunar orbit on Oct. 6. The HiPAT™ performed two phasing…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Critical to Successful SM-3 Block IB Flight Test Standard Missile-22 Intercept Success Supports Production Decision
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (October 4, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems successfully contributed to an intercept of a ballistic missile target with the second generation Aegis BMD Weapon System and SM-3 Block IB guided missile. During Flight Test Standard Missile-22 (FTM-22), the SM-3 guided missile intercepted and destroyed a…
DigiGone® Approved for Use on the Thuraya Satellite Network
DUBAI, UAE (Sept. 27, 2013) – Thuraya and DigiGone® today announced that its innovative video communications system and software platform has been approved for use with Thuraya’s IP terminals. A leading mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya is actively promoting the DigiGone satellite communications solution across their distribution channels in all vertical markets. Optimized for narrowband…
European Space Propulsion Welcomes Paul Sinton as Managing Director
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Sept. 16, 2013) – European Space Propulsion (ESP), an Aerojet Rocketdyne company, announced today that Paul Sinton has joined the company as the Managing Director for its ESP subsidiary. In his role, Paul will manage and direct the operations of ESP as they bring online the manufacturing and test capabilities for producing…