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Aerojet Rocket Motors Launch Eighth Successful Missile Defense Intercept
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25 // -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) company, completed a successful demonstration of its MK 104 second-stage rocket motor in a Missile Defense Agency/Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) test over the Pacific Ocean. Aerojet is building MK 104 solid rocket motors for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) under a contract with Raytheon Company. The Aegis BMD system, of...
Read More »Aerojet Recognizes Local Engineer for Technical Innovation
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that Technical Principal Dr. Gary Luke was presented with the R.B. Young Technical Innovation Award at an award ceremony held Monday night, Dec. 3, in Luke's honor. Luke received the award for his development of a Transient Energy Management & Performance (TEMP) Code, a multidimensional physics-based...
Read More »Aerojet Vice President of Engineering Honored With Purdue's Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Award
SACRAMENTO, Calif.(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its Vice President of Engineering, Marvin Young, will be receiving Purdue University's Outstanding Mechanical Engineer (OME) Award at a banquet this Friday, Nov. 2. The prestigious OME award was established by Purdue in 1991 to honor alumni who have demonstrated exemplary accomplishments and...
Read More »Aerojet Operates Japanese HAYABUSA Low Power Ion Engine
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 6, 2011 - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today that they have successfully operated a Japanese HAYABUSA low power microwave ion engine at Aerojet's facility in Redmond, Wash. These ion propulsion systems provide propellant efficiencies more than 10 times higher than those of conventional propulsion systems for use on...
Read More »Aerojet Supports Conference to Discuss Utilization of ISS and Extension to Mars Missions
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 31, 2011 - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today its sponsorship for the ISS and Mars Conference to be held on April 6 and 7 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The conference features a top-notch line-up of speakers and panel discussions including NASA Administrator Charles Bolden who will present the keynote address. A special...
Read More »Aerojet Rocket Motors Launch Eighth Successful Missile Defense Intercept
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25 // -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) company, completed a successful demonstration of its MK 104 second-stage rocket motor in a Missile Defense Agency/Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) test over the Pacific Ocean. Aerojet is building MK 104 solid rocket motors for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) under a contract with Raytheon Company. The Aegis BMD system, of...
Read More »Aerojet Engines Enable Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to Enter Martian Orbit
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) company, played a crucial role in Friday's space maneuver for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft. A cluster of six precision Aerojet rocket engines fired for 27 minutes to slow the spacecraft for capture by the Martian gravity field and place the MRO in orbit around the red planet. Six of the...
Read More »Aerojet Demonstrates New Rocket Propulsion for Ship-Based Gun Launchers
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) company, recently conducted a series of successful gun-launched projectile tests that incorporated Aerojet range-extension rocket motors. Two short-burn rocket motors and four igniter test vehicles were successfully gun-fired to prove that the rocket propulsion system could be operated successfully in the...
Read More »Aerojet Qualifies High Power Electric Propulsion System
First U.S. System Now Ready for Flight SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 31 -- Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. (NYSE:GY) company, announces the successful qualification test of its 4.5 kW Hall Thruster electric propulsion system -- the highest power flight-qualified Hall propulsion system in the world -- for use on large, high-power communications satellites. The electric propulsion system, a popular choice for...
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