Aerojet Rocketdyne delivered propulsion systems to support the U.S. Air Force’s deployment of a Lockheed Martin-built communications satellite.

Aerojet Rocketdyne won a potential 3.5-year, $19M contract to provide risk reduction services for the Missile Defense Agency’s axial upper stage components.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has handed over to NASA four rocket engines that are slated for integration into the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has shipped eight auxiliary engines, which will regulate the Orion spacecraft’s trajectory, for NASA’s second Artemis mission.

Lockheed Martin has received an Aerojet Rocketdyne-made jettison motor designed for the launch abort system of NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has joined an industry-government team that will work on an upcoming satellite launch mission to demonstrate the use of AF-M315E, a non-toxic propellant. The company said Thursday it will work with NASA, Ball Aerospace and Air Force Research Laboratory to prepare for the Green Propellant Infusion Mission scheduled to launch on June 24 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has opened a new facility in Huntsville, Ala. designed to manufacture rocket propulsion technologies, as part of the company’s intention to expand in the city.

An Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary has demonstrated an air launch extraction and descent platform for target missile simulators under a contract with the Missile Defense Agency.

Aerojet Rocketdyne broke ground Thursday on its engineering, manufacturing and development site in Camden, Ark., for solid rocket motors.

Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said the company wants to test its AR1 rocket engine this year after securing a $353.8M contract to continue its development, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

Sixteen Aerojet Rocketdyne-built engines and flight controllers have passed acceptance trials to fly on four planned NASA flights of  the Space Launch System.

Astronauts have completed installation of six new Aerojet Rocketdyne-built Lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station to replace the facility’s aging nickel hydrogen power packs.