American rocket engine design and production company
Rocketdyne
Industry
Rocket engines
Founded
1955
Defunct
2005
Fate
Acquired
Successor
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (2005–2013)
Aerojet Rocketdyne (2013–present)
Headquarters
Canoga Park, California
,
U.S.
Key people
John Leland "Lee" Atwood
James H."Dutch" Kindelberger
Samuel Kurtz "Sam" Hoffman
Parent
North American Aviation
Rockwell International
Boeing
Rocketdyne was an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, in southern California.
The Rocketdyne Division was founded by North American Aviation (NAA) in 1955, and was later part of Rockwell International (1967–1996) and Boeing (1996–2005). In 2005, the Rocketdyne Division was sold to United Technologies Corporation, becoming Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne as part of Pratt & Whitney. In 2013, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was sold to GenCorp, which merged it with Aerojet to form Aerojet Rocketdyne.[1][2]
^"GenCorp Completes Acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne From United Technologies Corporation". GenCorp, Inc. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^Marjorie Censer (18 Dec 2022) L3Harris moves to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.7 billion, after Lockheed Martin ended its attempt for Rocketdyne in Feb 2022
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