Aerojet Rocketdyne Announces Expansion at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne, a
subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), announced that
assembly and testing of its AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine will take place at
NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. As a result, the company is
expanding its Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket Engine Assembly and
Test there. The AR1 is being developed to support the country's mandate to
eliminate U.S. reliance on the Russian RD-180 engine for national security space
launches by 2019.
Aerojet Rocketdyne's facility at Stennis Space Center is already home for
assembly and testing of the RS-68 engine that powers the Delta IV family of
launch vehicles, and the RS-25 engine that will power NASA's Space Launch System
- America's newest heavy lift launch vehicle in development, set to be the most
powerful rocket in the world. As part of the buildup for RS-25 assembly and
testing, Aerojet Rocketdyne is locating its RS-25 low pressure turbopump
assembly to the company's facility at Stennis Space Center.
"I am very pleased to announce our plans for expansion of Aerojet Rocketdyne's
presence in Mississippi," said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen
Drake. "We have had a long history of partnering with Stennis to power the
nation into space. Assembly and testing of the AR1 at NASA Stennis adds to that
legacy. This plan will establish Aerojet Rocketdyne's facility at NASA Stennis
as the company's Center of Excellence for Large Liquid Rocket Engine Assembly
and Test and solidify NASA's Stennis Space Center as the nation's premier rocket
engine test facility. I look forward to continuing to work on this expansion
with Chairman Cochran, Senator Wicker, Congressman Palazzo, and the rest of
Mississippi's Congressional delegation, as well as with Governor Bryant and his
team."
Currently, Aerojet Rocketdyne, located at Stennis since the Center's inception,
employs 130 people at its state-of-the-art facility. That number is expected to
grow to more than 200 as development and production of the AR1 engine continues,
and as the RS-25 engine continues testing and restarts production.
Members of the Mississippi delegation welcomed Aerojet Rocketdyne's
announcement. "Mississippi's long partnership with U.S. space agencies and the
industry has led to advances in science, technology and national security. I am
pleased that Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding its activities at Stennis Space
Center to support Defense Department space launch activities," said U.S. Senator
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"Stennis Space Center is home to some of the world's most advanced rocket and
engine technologies," U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss) said. "I am pleased
that Aerojet Rocketdyne has chosen to expand its operations in Mississippi,
which will strengthen our nation's aerospace industry and bring more good-paying
jobs to the Gulf Coast. Establishing this new Center of Excellence is vital to
reducing our reliance on foreign-made rocket engines."
Aerojet Rocketdyne is an innovative company delivering solutions that create
value for its customers in the aerospace and defense markets. The company is a
world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides propulsion and
energetics to the space, missile defense and strategic systems, tactical systems
and armaments areas, in support of domestic and international markets.
Additional information about Aerojet Rocketdyne can be obtained by visiting our
websites at www.Rocket.com and www.AerojetRocketdyne.com.
Glenn Mahone, Aerojet Rocketdyne, 202-302-9941
Glenn.Mahone(at)Rocket.com
Mary Engola, Aerojet Rocketdyne, 571-289-1371
Mary.Engola(at)Rocket.com
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