News Archive / Tagged: AR1
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Aerojet Rocketdyne continues development on AR1 Engine with successful CDR
Lloyd CampbellMay 11th, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne continues to make progress on its new AR1 engine by completing its Critical Design Review (CDR) recently. With the completion of the CDR, the engine is still on track to be certified for flight by 2019.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne completes AR1 preburner hot-fire test
Heather SmithMay 10th, 2017Aerojet 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.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne consolidating, optimizing operations
Scott JohnsonApril 23rd, 2017Aerojet 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.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne conducts record setting AR1 test
Jose FloresFebruary 25th, 2017Aerojet 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.
