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Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of Classified Satellite for the U.S. Government
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 1, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully supported the launch of a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace Opens New Facility on Cape Canaveral
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced that Coleman Aerospace today unveiled its new Space Coast Integration & Test Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace, Inc. consummated its previously announced acquisition of Coleman Aerospace from L3 Technologies, Inc.…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Names John Schneider VP of Quality & Mission Assurance
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), today announced that John Schneider has been appointed vice president of Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA). He succeeds Jerry Tarnacki who was recently named senior vice president of the company’s Space Business Unit. Schneider joined Aerojet Rocketdyne in July…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Names Jerry Tarnacki to Lead Space Business Unit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), today announced that Jerry Tarnacki has been appointed as the senior vice president of the company’s recently formed Space Business Unit. In his new role, Tarnacki will report directly to Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. He will…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives NASA Glenn Research Center’s Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (Feb. 13, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), has received NASA Glenn Research Center’s Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year award for its work on the space agency’s Next Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) Gridded Ion Thruster System, which was built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The…
U.S. Completes First Successful SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced today that its propulsion systems supported the first intercept flight test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IIA guided missile. During the SFTM-01 flight test conducted by the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency, the SM-3 Block IIA…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Continues Southeast Expansion – AR1 Engine Production to Add 100 New Jobs in Huntsville
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), announced it is moving forward with plans to produce America’s newest advanced rocket engine, the AR1, in Huntsville, Alabama, resulting in the creation of 100 new jobs. AR1 is the latest engine in development by Aerojet Rocketdyne, America’s premier…
Rocket Engines Made by Aerojet Rocketdyne Featured at Future Flight During Super Bowl LIVE Fan Festival in Houston
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is displaying the RS-25 and RL10 rocket engines at the Future Flight area of the Super Bowl LIVE fan festival. Aerojet Rocketdyne is one of six Houston Super Bowl Host Committee sponsors for Future Flight, which is where the…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of the U.S. Air Force's third Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Satellite
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), began the New Year by successfully supporting the launch of the Lockheed Martin-built third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous satellite (GEO Flight 3) for the U.S. Air Force. The mission, which is designed for early-warning missile…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers 2,500th PAC-3 CRI Missile and 500,000th PAC-3 ACM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2017) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), announced today it has achieved the milestone shipment of the 2,500th PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) Solid Rocket Motor and its 500,000th PAC-3 Attitude Control Motor (ACM) to Lockheed Martin. The achievement was commemorated during a…