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Rocketdyne was an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, in southern California. Rocketdyne was founded as a division of North American Aviation in 1955 and was later part of Rockwell International from 1967 until 1996 and Boeing from 1996 to ...
Dec 18, 2022 · L3Harris Technologies and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. together announced the signing of a definitive agreement for L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $58 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion, inclusive of net debt.
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a subsidiary of American defense company L3Harris Technologies that manufactures rocket, hypersonic, and electric propulsive systems for space, defense, civil and commercial applications.
Jul 28, 2023 · L3Harris said its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne will give it new opportunities in the hypersonic, missile defense, and advanced rocket engine markets.
Nov 2, 2022 · The Rocketdyne F-1 engines powered the first stage of the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo lunar missions. The Air and Space Museum’s redesigned F-1 installation offers a new perspective on the most powerful liquid-fuel rocket engine in U.S. history.
Mar 30, 2022 · For future SLS missions beyond the first four, Aerojet Rocketdyne is modernizing production of new RS-25 engines, while also reducing costs by 30 percent. The new engines will include components manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication techniques, such as additive manufacturing or 3D printing.
Jul 17, 2019 · In 1955, Rocketdyne was a company that employed about 2,500 people and was involved in cruise missile research for the United States military, producing a rocket engine for the SM-64 Navaho.
Sep 12, 2023 · A landmark partnership between NASA’s Stennis Space Center and Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, has concluded after more than two decades of dedicated and coordinated effort in testing the world’s most powerful hydrogen-fueled rocket engine.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) was an American company that designed and produced rocket engines that use liquid propellants. It was a division of Pratt & Whitney, a fully owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. It was headquartered in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California.
Jan 25, 2022 · On Dec. 20, 2020, Lockheed Martin Corp. (LM) announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (AJRD) for $4.4 billion.
