United Launch Alliance picks Aerojet Rocketdyne engine

[Elderberry]

Denver Business Journal 5/11/2018 By Greg Avery

Rocket company United Launch Alliance will stick with an Aerojet Rocketdyne engine for the upper stage of ULA’s new Vulcan rocket.

Centennial-based ULA announced Friday that the Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 engine, which has powered the company’s rocket upper stages for years, will remain the upper-stage engine of choice after Vulcan starts flying in 2020.

ULA reach a long-term agreement with Sacramento, California-based Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) to supply RL10s “for the next decade” and develop a new variation of the RL-10 for ULA to use as well, the company said.

“ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have a long and successful history together that began with the first flight of our Atlas and Delta rockets in the 1960s,” said Tory Bruno, ULA president and CEO, in a written statement. “We could not be more pleased to have selected the proven and reliable RL10 to power our Vulcan Centaur upper stage.”

More: https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/05/11/united-launch-alliance-picks-aerojet-rocketdyne.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo