Aerojet Rocketdyne

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Aerojet Rocketdyne provides a full range of propulsion and power systems for rockets, spacecraft and other space vehicles; strategic missiles; missile defense; and tactical systems and armaments. Its propulsion systems have been at the heart of virtually every major U.S. space and missile program since the dawn of the space age.

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L3Harris Completes Aerojet Rocketdyne Acquisition

L3Harris Technologies has completed its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, forming a fourth business segment at the company.

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L3Harris to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne

L3Harris Technologies and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. together announced the signing of a definitive agreement for L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $58 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion, inclusive of net debt.

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Hypersonics

Aerojet Rocketdyne teamed with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing on the X-51A Scramjet Engine demo.

A spacecraft hovers over the earth in space

Solid Rocket Motors

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s legacy producing solid rocket motors began with the Jet Assisted Take Off motor, which provided extra boosting power for U.S. military planes during World War II

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system is a critical element of the Nation’s Ballistic Missile Defense System

LGM-35A Sentinel

Aerojet Rocketdyne is developing a large solid rocket motor and the post-boost propulsion system for the LGM-35A Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program as a key member of Northrop Grumman’s nationwide team

PAC-3 MSE

The Patriot™ Missile Defense System is a land-based, mobile guided missile system fielded by the U.S. Army and currently deployed around the world.

RS-25 Engine

Powering Deep Space Exploration

RL10 Engine

The RL10 engine has been a premier high-performance upper-stage engine for decades.

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Advanced Electric Propulsion System

Solar Electric Propulsion

Sustainable and reliable in-space propulsion

Space Power Systems

Enabling Consistent Space Operations Through Reliable Power Sources

R-42DM 890N (200 lbf) Dual Mode High Performance Rocket Engine

Chemical In-Space Propulsion

For more than 50 years, Aerojet Rocketdyne has built and delivered roughly 22,000 chemical thrusters for in-space propulsion

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Artist rendering of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion vehicle concept in front of the planet Mars

A THAAD launcher shoots a missile into the sky

Artist rendering of Aerojet Rocketdyne Nuclear Thermal Propulsion vehicle concept at Mars.

U.S. Army photo of M1A2 Abrams tank live fire by Sgt. 1st Class Alan Brutus

Advanced Electric Propulsion System delivery for qualification testing

Engines 2057 and 2054 are two of the four engines that will fly on NASA’s Artemis III mission. All four RS-25 engines that will power NASA’s Space Launch System for the Artemis III mission are ready to fly and awaiting integration at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility located at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.

A THAAD interceptor is launched during a flight test Aug. 30, 2019. Credit: Missile Defense Agency

More Than A Century of History

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