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The Centaur upper stage on the Atlas 5 mission was powered by a single Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 C-1-1 engine.
The RL10C-X contains major components, including the injector and combustion chamber, produced with Aerojet Rocketdyne’s 3D-printing technology.
Before Aerojet Rocketdyne, Frank Slazer served as the Vice President for Space Systems at the Aerospace Industries Association for eight years.
Prior to joining the Coalition, Frank Slazer was responsible for business development strategies at Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Northrop Grumman designed and produced the nozzles for the three Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68 engines and the nozzles’ thermal protection material and manufactured the nozzles at its Promontory, Utah facility.
Aerojet Rocketdyne supplied the engines that powered the ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket that launched NROL-82.
The Delta IV Heavy features three side-by-side core stages, each powered by a single Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engine generating 319,782 kg of thrust at liftoff.
This Delta IV Heavy configuration is comprised of three common core boosters each powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine producing a combined total of more than £2,100,000of thrust.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RS-68A completed its final hot-fire acceptance test for use on the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy on the B-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Lockheed Martin announced an acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne in December 2023.
Aerojet Rocketdyne won a contract in 2024 to produce 18 new RS-25 engines for later Space Launch System missions.
RL10 sales to Vulcan, Atlas V, and Delta IV will partially offset Aerojet Rocketdyne’s revenue losses from retiring engines but will not replace past peak sales of RS-68 and AJ-60.
Aerojet Rocketdyne shareholders approved the Lockheed Martin acquisition on 2025-03-09.
Aerojet Rocketdyne will ship the last RS-68 engine later 2021.
The transaction to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne by Lockheed Martin Corporation is expected to close in the second half of 2021 pending receipt of regulatory approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and satisfaction of other closing conditions specified in the merger agreement.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. stockholders approved the merger agreement providing for the proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne by Lockheed Martin Corporation at a special meeting on 2021-03-09.
The votes in favor at the 2021-03-09 special meeting represented approximately 78.78% of the total number of shares of Aerojet Rocketdyne common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on 2021-02-04, the record date for the special meeting.
Lockheed Martin announced its intent to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne in December.
If Lockheed Martin acquires Aerojet Rocketdyne, Raytheon Technologies would need to buy about 70 percent of its missiles’ propulsion systems from its primary competitor.
Raytheon Technologies plans to formally oppose Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4,400,000,000 acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.