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Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. Completes Closing of Land Sale in Northern California
SACRAMENTO, Calif., – (June 8, 2015) – Easton Development Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced today that escrow has closed for the land transaction previously announced on March 4, 2015, to WestLand Capital Partners L.P. The total potential purchase price for the 703 acres of land is…
Sierra Nevada Corporation Congratulates Steven W. Lindsey, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2015 Inductee
SPARKS, Nev. (June 1, 2015) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) congratulates Steven W. Lindsey, senior director of Space Exploration Systems at SNC’s Space Systems, on his induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Lindsey, co-program manager for SNC’s Dream Chaser® program, was inducted on Saturday, May 30, 2015 during a ceremony held at Kennedy…
Alaska Aerospace Corporation Announces 2015 Interns
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (June 1, 2015) – Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) welcomes two new engineering interns for the summer of 2015, Jason Sebring and Rocky Powers, both Mechanical Engineering majors attending the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. They were selected from a competitive field of highly qualified candidates. Jason served as an airborne infantryman in the U.S. Army for…
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Area Students Demonstrate the “Right Stuff” to NASA Administrator for a Journey to Mars
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (May 28, 2015) – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden visited the Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) facility in Canoga Park, California today to review the company’s unique capabilities and see first-hand how its employees are making a journey to Mars possible. During his visit, teams of students who participate in robotics competitions, from the Chaminade College…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Begins Hot-Fire Tests In Support of US Air Force Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator Program
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (May 26, 2015) – Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has completed the first in a series of hot-fire tests on the sub-scale oxygen rich pre-burner in support of the U.S. Air Force Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator (HBTD) program. In coming months, multiple injector configurations will be tested to evaluate the performance and stability parameters…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch of Air Force Space Command-5 Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (May 20, 2015) – Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) supported the successful launch of the Air Force Space Command-5 (AFSPC-5) mission. The mission, which will include a propulsion experiment using Aerojet Rocketdyne Hall thrusters on the military’s X-37B space plane, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida by a United Launch…
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Florida Turbine Technologies Announce Engineering Service Agreement
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (May 15, 2015) — Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) and Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (FTT) announced today that they have entered into a new service agreement for FTT to supply Aerojet Rocketdyne with aerospace propulsion engineering services. “We are pleased to take this new step forward in our relationship with FTT, which we regard as…
Sierra Nevada Corporation Awarded Contract to Support Exelis on NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Mission
 SPARKS, Nev. (May 14, 2015) — Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Space Systems was competitively selected by Exelis Geospatial Systems to develop and build the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI) Azimuth Rotation Module (ARM) for the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission. Exelis is the prime contractor to NASA for the RBI. The JPSS polar satellite constellation…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Delivery of 200th THAAD Booster Motor and DACS Unit
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 6, 2015 –Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) announced today that it has completed the delivery of its 200th booster motor and Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. “These deliveries to our customer are significant for the THAAD program and Aerojet Rocketdyne,” said Michael…
AFM Heatsheets® Honored as Recipient of FabricLink Network’s Top 10 Innovation Award
CHICAGO, IL, (March 27, 2015) — Chicago-based AFM Heatsheets®, the leading manufacturer of reflective insulation fabrics to keep individuals comfortable in virtually any weather, was recently announced as a recipient of FabricLink Network’s annual Top 10 Innovation Awards for its leading-edge Ultraflect™ insulation fabric. This year’s Top 10 winners include innovative manufacturing and production technologies,…