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Aerojet Rocketdyne

US
commercialFounded 1915
Los Angeles, California, United States
www.l3harris.com/aerojet-rocketdyne
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Aerojet Rocketdyne compared the Apollo-era lunar lander development cost to about $30,000,000,000 in present-day dollars.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative FinancialJun 20, 2019NASA contractors support Artemis cost estimate

SpaceX and Aerojet Rocketdyne were later awarded an additional $127,000,000 in contract options for rocket propulsion development.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2019Crunch time: Rocket companies in all-out battle for Air Force award

In 2016 the Air Force awarded $242,000,000 in cost-sharing R&D contracts to SpaceX, Orbital ATK (later Northrop Grumman), ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop rocket propulsion technology.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2019Crunch time: Rocket companies in all-out battle for Air Force award

United Launch Alliance reduced costs for the NRO bulk purchase of three launches by negotiating better rates with suppliers, including a record-low price for Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL-10 upper stage engines.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipMay 14, 2019Cost of Delta 4 Heavy launches is down but the real price is a secret

The original value of the Air Force other transaction agreement for AR1 development was $804,000,000 with the Air Force providing two-thirds of the funding and the remainder coming from Aerojet Rocketdyne and, to a lesser extent, United Launch Alliance.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative FinancialApr 16, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne proposes using AR1 for medium-class launch vehicle

Aerojet Rocketdyne renegotiated the Air Force agreement in June 2018, decreasing the total value to $353,800,000 with the Air Force providing five-sixths of the total cost.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne proposes using AR1 for medium-class launch vehicle

The U.S. Air Force awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne an agreement in 2016 to support development of the AR1 engine.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne proposes using AR1 for medium-class launch vehicle

Aerojet Rocketdyne planned to have a test-ready AR1 engine in 2019.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralApr 16, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne proposes using AR1 for medium-class launch vehicle

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s revised agreement with the Air Force covers work to design, build, and assemble a single AR1 engine prototype by December 2019 according to the company’s Form 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2019Aerojet Rocketdyne proposes using AR1 for medium-class launch vehicle

United Launch Alliance decided to phase out Atlas 5’s Aerojet Rocketdyne-supplied solid boosters in favor of GEM-63 boosters.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

Vulcan will use a Centaur upper stage upgraded with larger fuel tanks and powered by a variant of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

In 2016 the Air Force awarded roughly $1,000,000,000 in Other Transaction Authority research-and-development contracts to ULA, SpaceX, Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems), and Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2018Military launch poised for new era as Air Force prepares to move beyond EELV

The Delta 2 first stage used the RS-27 engine manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2018Delta 2 finishes its 29-year run as America’s trusty medium-lift workhorse

Aerojet Rocketdyne was developing the AR1 engine as a candidate to provide Vulcan’s main propulsion.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

$290,100,000 had been spent on AR1 work to date as reported in Aerojet Rocketdyne’s SEC filing.

Mentioned as: aerojet rocketdyneNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

The renegotiated agreement required Aerojet Rocketdyne to design, build, and assemble a single AR1 prototype engine by the end of 2019.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2018Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

Aerojet Rocketdyne expects to complete the qualification program for the RL10C-X engine in 2021.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative PlanOct 3, 2018New version of Aerojet’s RL10 upper-stage engine to be almost entirely 3D printed

Blue Origin joins an industry team for Vulcan that includes Aerojet Rocketdyne providing the RL10 engine for the rocket's upper stage, Northrop Grumman supplying solid-fuel strap-on boosters, L-3 Avionics Systems providing the rocket's avionics, and Ruag supplying the rocket's payload fairing.

Mentioned as: aerojet rocketdyneTechnical ProductSep 27, 2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

The renegotiated AR1 agreement requires Aerojet Rocketdyne to design, build, and assemble a single prototype engine by the end of 2019.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneTechnical ProductSep 25, 2018Aerojet Rocketdyne seeks other customers for AR1 engine

Aerojet Rocketdyne reported a profit of $34,800,000 on $467,200,000 in revenue for the months of April, May, and June.

Mentioned as: Aerojet RocketdyneNarrative FinancialSep 19, 2018With debt down and cash up, Aerojet Rocketdyne hunting for acquisitions
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