SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2012) -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the creation of a new fellowship for basic research in the aeronautical and aerospace sciences.
The fellowship initial research will focus on the development of autonomous systems, which entails the theory and development of logic structures and control processes that allow...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that United Launch Alliance's Atlas V successfully lofted NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) on a two-year mission to explore the Van Allen belts. Each RBSP relies on an Aerojet integrated propulsion system that will be used throughout the mission to position the satellites.
The Atlas V launching RBSP also used eight Aerojet retro-rockets to separate the Centaur...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its Low Earth Orbit (LEO)-7 second stage rocket motor successfully completed a hot-fire test at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Aerojet monitored the recent full-duration test in support of the Low Earth Orbiting Nanosatellite Integrated Defense Autonomous System program....
Dubai (Aug. 6, 2012) - In an exciting development for the broadcast industry, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite operator has once again confirmed heightened streaming speeds of 512 Kbps standard IP. This enhanced performance proves that IP bonding is very effective over media broadcast solutions and simple to execute. The new streaming speeds were successfully recorded at a recent roadshow in Paris organized by Thuraya...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its monopropellant hydrazine thrusters helped guide NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) to a successful landing on the red planet at 10:32 p.m. PT on Aug. 5, 2012. The much-anticipated landing delivered the rover Curiosity to the Martian surface.
Aerojet engines assisted with entry, descent and landing. The company's thrusters also provided attitude control and trajectory...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. (Aug. 3, 2012) - NASA has selected Boeing to receive $460 million in additional funding to further develop the Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation System in the third round of the Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap). In its partnership with Boeing on CCiCap, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will continue to support development of the service module with integrated launch-abort propulsion system for the Commercial Space...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 30, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, completed a Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) mission concept study for NASA Glenn Research Center that demonstrated the ability to reduce the mission cost for NASA Human Exploration cargo missions by more than 50 percent through the use of existing flight-proven SEP systems.
Self-funded under a collaborative Space Act Agreement, Aerojet’s SEP mission concept study yielded a solution that uses...
Rockville, Md. (July 23, 2012) - GMV USA (www.usa.gmv.com) the Rockville, Maryland based US affiliate of the multinational satellite ground systems supplier, GMV (www.gmv.com), has been selected for a contract with MEASAT Global Berhad ("MEASAT") to provide the satellite ground control and payload ground control systems for the MEASAT-3b satellite. The project builds on GMV's significant satellite control center...
Abu Dhabi (July 17, 2012) - Leading international mobile satellite operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company has launched its roaming service in the United States of America in partnership with the American mobile operator, T-Mobile. The service, which commenced on July 12, allows Thuraya subscribers to roam seamlessly with their Thuraya mobile numbers into the T-Mobile network that reaches 96 percent of Americans. Thuraya customers in the region can now make and receive...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (July 16, 2012) – Aerojet, a GenCorp company (NYSE: GY), announced today that it was one of a number of firms selected to develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS).
Aerojet’s “Full-Scale Combustion Stability Demonstration” solution was geared at improving the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for SLS. This selection is expected to result in a firm-fixed price...
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