Jay Clemens
Aerojet Rocketdyne has expanded the company’s assembly and test facility for its advanced liquid rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
The company will begin to develop and test the AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine at its Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket Engine Assembly and Test in the center to support future national security space launch programs, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday.
“I am very pleased to announce our plans for expansion of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s presence in Mississippi,” said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president.
Aerojet Rocketdyne currently has 130 employees at the facility and the company expects to grow the number to over 200 with the continued development and production of the AR1 engine.
The assembly and test facility at Stennis Space Center also accommodates the RS-68 engine built to power the Delta IV launch vehicles and the RS-25 engine designed to power NASA’s Space Launch System.
