SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 10, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that it contributed to last night's successful flight test of Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB where the missile intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target. Aerojet's MK 72 booster and MK 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provided the first and second stage propulsion while Aerojet's Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) maneuvered the SM-3 Kinetic Warhead into the target for the final hit...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 4, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) helped power today's launch of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a military payload.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 26, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it successfully completed development testing of its MR-104H 100 lbf-class monopropellant hydrazine thruster.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, provided its solid rocket boosters to the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch vehicle for the inaugural launch of the U.S. Navy's five-satellite Mobile User Object System (MUOS). Built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), MUOS is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will significantly improve ground communications for U.S. forces on the move.
Strasbourg, France (Feb. 1, 2012) - The International Space University (ISU) selected the United States' Florida Space Coast as a natural fit to convene its Space Studies Program as the US gateway to exploring, discovering and understanding our universe.
CANOGA PARK, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2012) - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems by successfully boosting the fourth in a series of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to increase communications capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV medium rocket with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 and RL10B-2 engines providing the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its propulsion components assisted with today's launch and payload insertion of the U.S. Air Force's fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) spacecraft.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its hydrazine thrusters powered a critical in-flight maneuver for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. This important maneuver aligned the spacecraft's trajectory with its landing target.
Adelaide, Australia / Strasbourg, France (Jan. 5, 2012) - The International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France with the University of South Australia has joined forces again to bring world class space education to the southern hemisphere with a five-week intensive program set to launch on Monday 9 January 2012.
THOUSAND OAKS and SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 14, 2012) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company and its strategic alliance partner Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced today that the companies hosted Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, along with Congressman Mo Brooks and several other dignitaries at Teledyne Brown's headquarters in Huntsville, Ala.
The event demonstrated the technical and program progress the partners have made since...
