Talk:Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

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USAF has more US gvmt money for Aerojet Rocketdyne[edit]

The previous US gvmt contract to pay for booster stage rocket engine development by AJR just got amended to include a new/different upper stage engine. More money from the US gvmt to build an engine.

http://spacenews.com/rl10-engine-added-to-air-force-agreement-with-aerojet-rocketdyne/

Aerojet Rocketdyne and the U.S. Air Force have revised an existing agreement supporting development of a new large rocket engine to include work on an updated version of an upper stage engine.

The company announced June 25 that it signed a modification of its Rocket Propulsion System other transaction authority agreement with the Air Force to incorporate work on the RL10C-X engine. The original agreement, signed in February 2016, covered work on the AR1 booster engine.

The RL10C-X is an updated version of the RL10 currently used on the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 launch vehicles. The updated version makes used of advanced technologies, such as additive manufacturing, to lower production costs while maintaining performance and reliability.

N2e (talk) 02:06, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]