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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Critical to Successful SM-3 Block IB Flight Test Standard Missile-22 Intercept

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (GY) company, announced today that its propulsion systems successfully contributed to an intercept of a ballistic missile target with the second generation Aegis BMD ...
GovCon Wire

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $517M in Navy Contract Modifications for F135, Propulsion System Block Four Flight Test Program

RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received two contract modifications worth $517.1 million combined from the U.S. Navy to deliver spares for the production of the F135 propulsion system ...
Mena FN

Announcing Phase Four's Maxwell Block 3 Plasma Propulsion Thruster: Exceeding Hall Effect Thruster Performance

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase Four, Inc. ("Phase Four"), the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced today its highly ...
Aviation Week

Block II Chinook Will Be UK’s Heavy-Lift Helo Backbone Into 2050s

The UK Royal Air Force is marking 40 years of Chinook operations this year. The purchase of the Block II model could extend the type’s UK career out to 2050 and beyond. Credit: Royal Air Force The UK ...
GovCon Wire

Pratt & Whitney to Help Test F-35 Block 4 Propulsion System Under $230M Navy Contract

United Technologies Corp.™s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has received a five-year, $230.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to support flight testing of a new F-35 aircraft propulsion system.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Critical to Successful Intercept Test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced today that its propulsion systems supported a key intercept test of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IIA guided missile. During the FTM-45 flight test, conducted by the ...
SpaceRef

Announcing Phase Four’s Maxwell Block 3 Plasma Propulsion Thruster: Exceeding Hall Effect Thruster Performance

Phase Four, Inc. (“Phase Four”), the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced today its highly anticipated Maxwell Block 3 turn-key plasma propulsion thruster. The ...