Overview
The group leverages a highly-specialized workforce and state-of-the-art processes such as rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing to quickly and affordably develop new products focused on increasing national security.
October 17, 2014 - NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) using copper alloy additive manufacturing technology.
Key Features
Differentiating Technologies for the Warfighter
- Leader in propulsion technologies: ramjet, scramjet, rotating detonation, boosters, warheads, and electric power
- Superior capability achieved through advanced solid and liquid propellants, materials and innovative design
- Affordability and faster time-to-market achieved through additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping
Innovative Solutions for National Defense
- Large and small rocket motors for next generation Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent and tactical systems
- Supersonic and hypersonic propulsion for missiles and aircraft
- Next generation missile defense against emerging threats
- Advanced armaments and specialty warheads enabling selectable effects
- Advanced concepts for rotating detonation engines, torpedo propulsion, and air/land/sea/undersea defense
Media Gallery
Dec. 3, 2019 - Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completes tests of subscale OpFires propulsion system as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile for tactical use.
Artist’s concept of Glide Breaker. Credit: DARPA
May 12, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne’s successful test of its Missile Components Advanced Technologies Demonstration Motor.
OpFires' variable-range second-stage motor enables payloads to defeat targets across the medium-range spectrum. Its launcher assembly loads onto fielded transportation vehicles with the push of a button.(Lockheed Martin Artist Concept)
Featured News
Press release | 04. 18. 2024
L3Harris to Expand and Modernize Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing in Virginia
L3Harris Technologies has entered into an agreement with Orange County, Virginia, to fund the expansion and modernization of the company’s site in the county. The effort is intended to increase solid rocket motor production while growing the company’s presence in the Commonwealth.
