News Archive / Tagged: AR1

• Aerojet Rocketdyne completes AR1 preburner hot-fire test

  Heather SmithMay 10th, 2017

  Aerojet Rocketdyne announced on May 3, 2017, that it completed a hot-fire test of its preburner for the AR1 rocket engine at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The company’s focus is to have an “American-designed and built” booster system that will replace the Russian-built RD-180 engines that are frequently used to launch U.S. national security, civil, and NASA payloads to orbit.

• Aerojet Rocketdyne consolidating, optimizing operations

  Scott JohnsonApril 23rd, 2017

  Aerojet Rocketdyne recently announced the next phase of what it calls its Competitive Improvement Program (CIP), a plan to consolidate and optimize the company's operation. It is hoped that this will result in an annual savings of $230 million.

• Aerojet Rocketdyne conducts record setting AR1 test

  Jose FloresFebruary 25th, 2017

  Aerojet Rocketdyne set the record for the highest chamber pressure of any United States-produced liquid oxygen and kerosene main combustion system during a Feb. 22, 2017, test at NASA's Stennis Space Center.