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Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives Environmental Excellence Award for its Arkansas Facility Project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has been chosen by the Arkansas Environmental Federation (AEF) as the recipient of the 2013 Diamond Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership. Each year, the AEF Diamond Award recognizes one company that demonstrates initiative and/or leadership in managing its…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary of First Solar Electric Propulsion Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2013 – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it is celebrating the 30-year anniversary of its first Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) mission. In 1983, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s first SEP rocket engines were used on the RCA Americom Satcom-1R satellite. The Satcom-1R SEP engines were an early version of the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne SM-3 Block IIA TDACS Completes Critical Design Review
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it successfully conducted its Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile program. The SM-3 program is managed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with Raytheon Missile Systems…
Aerojet Rocketdyne SM-3 Block IIA TDACS Completes Second Full System Hot Fire Testing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 29, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it completed its second Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) fully-integrated flight weight system hot fire test for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile program. The SM-3 program is managed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with…
Salt Cases Introduces First Ever Thermally Protective Smart Phone Cases
PORTLAND, Me. (Aug. 21, 2013) – Salt Cases, LLC, announces today the official launch of its Kickstarter campaign to fund its new product line, the world’s first and only smart phone cases to offer thermal protection. The Kickstarter campaign will run through September 23, 2013. When a smart phone, tablet, or laptop is exposed to…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Employees Inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 19, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that 40 current and former employees were inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame (ISHF). All of the honored employees served as members of the original Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X/DC-XA) team which helped develop an unmanned prototype of a…
Dynetics Reports "Outstanding" Progress in First 10 Months of Advanced Booster Contract
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Aug. 13, 2013) – Dynetics officials today reported successful progress on the company’s hardware build and test tasks in support of advanced development for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). This announcement comes at the end of the third quarter of the contract NASA awarded last fall to a team made up of Dynetics…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Conducts Jettison Motor Nozzle Material Replacement Test for NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 13, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it successfully conducted a key Orion Jettison Motor (JM) test that demonstrated potential low-cost replacement graphite material for the JM throat inserts. The JM is a critical component of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA’s Orion crew exploration…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Flight Solar Electric Propulsion Thrusters for NASA and NOAA's GOES-R Spacecraft
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 13, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has shipped the first set of four Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) thrusters for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R). Aerojet Rocketdyne shipped the first set of four solar electric propulsion thrusters to Lockheed Martin at NASA’s Stennis…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft for U.S. Military
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2013) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems played a major role in successfully placing the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-6) spacecraft into orbit for the U.S. military. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch…