STENNIS, Miss., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully fired its AR-22 booster rocket engine an unprecedented 10 times in 240 hours at NASA Stennis Space Center , demonstrating the feasibility of rapidly recycling the engine to enable a reusable launch vehicle capable of

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently passed a key milestone in preparation for the Ascent Abort Test (AA-2) next year with the successful casting of the Jettison Motor for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft’s Launch Abort System (LAS).

El Segundo, Calif. , June 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne is pleased to announce an expansion of its existing advanced engine development agreement with the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop the upper-stage RL10C-X engine and continue the AR1 booster

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing a series of hot-fire tests of an advanced, next-generation RL10 engine thrust chamber design that was built almost entirely using additive manufacturing;

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , June 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $2.6 million Phase I contract by the Office of Naval Research to develop a prototype torpedo propulsion system under the agency’s Torpedo Advanced Propulsion System (TAPS) program.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., June 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed assembly of its first AR-22 rocket engine built for Boeing (NYSE:BA) as part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Experimental Spaceplane program.

REDMOND, Wash. , May 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maneuvering thrusters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne guided Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to its ninth successful berthing to the International Space Station May 24. The Cygnus arrived three days after being launched aboard an Orbital ATK

REDMOND, Wash., May 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed hot-fire testing of a new in-space engine, designated ISE-100. Developed for commercial in-space applications, ISE-100 has the potential to be a critical element for future lunar robotic missions.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , May 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10 rocket engine to power the upper stage that will fly atop ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. The selection came as part of a long-term agreement between the two companies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. , May 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne , a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), announced today that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency , its Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) Center Manifold