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Strasbourg, France(Jan. 25, 2012) – Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA), has been re-elected by the Board of Trustees to act as Chancellor of the International Space University for a period of 3 years (ISU). Despite his busy professional life, Prof. Dordain has remained committed to education and to the next…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Jan. 23, 2012) – To embolden its distribution network in Africa, Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite operator has signed a service partner agreement with Africell Holding (a subsidiary of Lintel Holding). Through this partnership, Africell, one of Africa’s most dynamic GSM operators, will be providing Thuraya’s data and voice…

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…

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. Aerojet’s 12 reaction control thrusters provided roll, pitch and yaw control during ascent of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV…

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. On Jan. 11, 2012, eight small monopropellant hydrazine thrusters fired for nearly three hours…

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. The Opening Ceremony for the program…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 21, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its Sacramento, Calif. headquarters has once again achieved one million man hours without a lost-time injury. The Sacramento site reached the milestone on Nov. 26.  “We are extremely proud of this accomplishment by our Sacramento facility,” said Sacramento Vice President…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 16, 2010) — Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that over the next few months it will expand its presence in the Huntsville community by hiring 25 local engineers. This growth will allow Aerojet to provide collaborative engineering expertise, program management support and business development outreach to our government and…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Dec. 2, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that Carlton Brewer has been appointed as site executive for its Huntsville, Ala. location. Carlton has worked in the aerospace and defense sector over the past 24 years in varying levels of responsibility within the Department of Defense weapons system program…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 30, 2011) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that its new scalable effects warhead was successfully demonstrated on Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) rocket today during a flight test at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This new warhead provides the user the ability to…