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Aerojet Rocketdyne won a $1,790,000,000 contract from NASA in 2020 to produce a new expendable version of the RS-25 engine for the Space Launch System.
The RL10C-X engine is designed, fabricated, assembled, and tested at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
United Launch Alliance awarded the largest RL10 contract ever to Aerojet Rocketdyne to deliver 116 RL10C-X engines for the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Aerojet Rocketdyne will expand a factory to increase production of RL10 engines used on Vulcan’s Centaur upper stage.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s lawsuit alleges that Executive Chairman Warren Lichtenstein is undermining its disputed $4,400,000,000 merger with Lockheed Martin Corp.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new RS-25 engines will begin flying on the fifth flight of the SLS rocket and will incorporate the newly designed components validated during the Retrofit-2 series.
Aerojet Rocketdyne is under contract to deliver 24 newly manufactured RS-25 engines.
Aerojet Rocketdyne won a contract in 2024 to produce 18 new RS-25 engines for later Space Launch System missions.
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.
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.
Aerojet Rocketdyne reported 2019 revenue of approximately $2,000,000,000.
Aerojet Rocketdyne installed a steel casting bell at its new facility in Camden, Arkansas to develop and produce large solid rocket motors.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s GBSD work will be performed at a manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama, a newly built facility in Camden, Arkansas, and a precision post-boost propulsion technology plant in Canoga Park, California.
Aerojet Rocketdyne lost significant large solid rocket motor market share to Orbital ATK, which Northrop Grumman acquired in 2017.
Aerojet Rocketdyne is aligned with both GBSD teams and has invested in new manufacturing technology at its Camden, Arkansas plant to support potential large solid rocket motor production.
Aerojet Rocketdyne projects that development of the lunar lander would likely require most of the additional $20,000,000,000 to $30,000,000,000 funding estimated as needed.
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.
The renegotiated agreement required Aerojet Rocketdyne to design, build, and assemble a single AR1 prototype engine by the end of 2019.
The renegotiated AR1 agreement requires Aerojet Rocketdyne to design, build, and assemble a single prototype engine by the end of 2019.
Aerojet Rocketdyne reported a profit of $34,800,000 on $467,200,000 in revenue for the months of April, May, and June.