PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced its key role in today's successful launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket carrying the Intelsat-14 commercial communications satellite. The launch services by ULA were performed on behalf of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its engines have supported STS-129's on-orbit operations and docking to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis lifted off Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Benchmark Journal brings independent company and sector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investment tactics to provide you with a clear picture of investment opportunities. Today we began research on KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR), Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: BAM), Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR), Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE: AHT), GenCorp Inc....
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, under contract to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), recently completed ground testing of an advanced Scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engine combustor demonstrating a new thermal management approach. This approach, called core burning, forces the combustion flames away from the Scramjet...
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has been awarded a NASA MSFC contract to continue the innovative multi-circuit liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen injector development. This funding is part of the Propulsion and Cryogenic Advanced Development (PCAD) project of the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP). ETDP develops new technologies that will enable NASA [...]
Solar Energy News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. & ROSEVILLE, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company and Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”)(OTCBB:SOPW), announced jointly today that the companies have entered into agreement to add an additional 2.4 megawatts to the single-axis tracker photovoltaic solar system currently installed at Aerojet’s Sacramento, California site. Construction of the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. and ROSEVILLE, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and Solar Power, Inc. ("SPI")(OTC Bulletin Board: SOPW), announced jointly today that the companies have entered into agreement to add an additional 2.4 megawatts to the single-axis tracker photovoltaic solar system currently installed at Aerojet's Sacramento, Calif. site. Construction...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced the milestone shipment of its 5,000th MK 104 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) to Raytheon Missile Systems and the U.S. Navy. The event was commemorated today at a ceremony held in Camden, Ark. The MK 104 DTRM provides propulsion for Raytheon's Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), the Navy's primary surface-to-air air defense weapon. Read more
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that its hydrazine gas generators provided the power for the hydraulic system that steered the first stage nozzle during the Ares I-X successful test flight. The Ares I-X test flight launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:30 EDT this morning.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced the milestone shipment of its 5,000th MK 104 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) to Raytheon Missile Systems and the U.S. Navy. The event was commemorated today at a ceremony held in Camden, Ark.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced that today the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force achieved its second ballistic missile intercept using a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA missile. Aerojet's MK 72 booster and MK 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provided the first- and second-stage propulsion for this critical and successful...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARKET WIRE) Wallstsense.com is an online community with a dedicated team of analysts who are providing free in-depth research on North American equities. Our analysts have issued complimentary analysis on the following six companies: Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: BAM), Manitowoc Co. Inc. (NYSE: MTW), Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (NYSE: OHI), Scripps Networks Interactive...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Aerojet announced this week that it has been selected by the U.S. Army to demonstrate the company's strategy for replacing certain cluster-bomb warheads. Aerojet, a subsidiary of Rancho Cordova-based GenCorp, will manage the 17-month project out of its headquarters, south of Highway 50. "This selection validates the company's investment in new warhead designs," said Rick Yezzi, the company's...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has been selected from a varied field of competitors for its solution to eliminate submunitions for the U.S. Army's Guided Multiple Launched Rocket System Alternate Warhead Program (GMLRS AWP). The award is one of three technologies chosen to move forward into the technology demonstration program.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
GenCorp Inc., the Rancho Cordova parent company of Aerojet, on Thursday reported net income of $12.1 million, or 20 cents per share, for this year's third quarter, a sharp gain from a loss of $2.7 million, or 5 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The aerospace company said profits were boosted by improved sales and lower costs for environmental remediation and retirement benefits. Sales for the...
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