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Aerojet Rocketdyne

2001 Aerojet Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742-6418

425-885-5000
https://www.rocket.com/

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Lockheed Martin to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, seeks growth in hypersonics and space - News

December 21, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Aerojet Rocketdyne

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire aerospace and defense engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings for $56 per share in cash, expected to be reduced to $51 per share after the payment of a preclosing special dividend; the deal will operate on a postdividend equity value of $4.6 billion and a total transaction value of $4.4 billion, including the assumption of net cash.

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Hot-fire tests of air-breathing hypersonic engine completed with Aerojet Rocketdyne - News

December 16, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) claim to have achieved record levels of thrust by a scramjet engine. The AFRL-Aerojet Rocketdyne team completed a series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the U.S. Air Force’s Medium Scale Critical Components (MSCC) program.

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OpFires program charts another milestone in quest for ground-launched hypersonic missile - News

July 21, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Aerojet Rocketdyne reports successful completion of its second series of propulsion-system tests in support of the Operational Fires (OpFires) program, a project spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a ground-launched tactical hypersonic missile.

Unmanned

DARPA chooses propulsion tech for Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor - News

February 11, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Aerojet Rocketdyne has won a contract worth up to $19.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop enabling technologies for its advanced hypersonic defense interceptor, known as Glide Breaker.

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Hypersonic rocket motor to be developed by Aerojet - News

December 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne is supporting a Lockheed Martin effort to develop a hypersonic conventional missile for the U.S. Air Force under a subcontract valued at $81.5 million.

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DARPA's hypersonic OpFires program reaches milestone - News

December 04, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished a series of subscale propulsion-system test firings as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile for tactical use.

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OpFires program to develop a ground-launched tactical weapons delivery system - News

November 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Aerojet Rocketdyne Exquadrum Sierra Nevada Corporation

ARLINGTON, Va. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum, and Sierra Nevada Corp. have been selected to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched system enabling hypersonic boost glide weapons to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly and precisely engage critical time sensitive targets.