Aerojet Signs Ares I
Upper Stage Associate Contractor's Agreement With Boeing
(14 March 2008) Aerojet, a GenCorp
company, has signed an Associate Contractor's Agreement (ACA) with The Boeing
Company on the Ares I upper stage launch vehicle, NASA's new space
transportation system for the Orion crew vehicle.
Participating
companies within the ACA include: Aerojet, Boeing, Hamilton Sundstrand, Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc., Moog Inc. and Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. Aerojet's
Director of Space Propulsion & Systems, Carla Bossard, participated in the
signing ceremony.
Aerojet has been under an existing contract with
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center since May 2007 to develop the Roll Control
System for Ares I. The two-stage rocket will carry NASA's next generation Orion
crew launch vehicle to Earth orbit. The roll control system is designed to
ensure the Ares I stays on its designated trajectory throughout the first two
minutes of flight. "We are looking forward to sharing in this collaboration as
it will ensure best value of our roll control effort to the upper stage
production project," said Vice President of Space Programs, Julie Van
Kleeck.
Aerojet is a world-recognised aerospace and defence leader
principally serving the missile and space propulsion, and armaments markets.
GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defence
products and systems with a real estate segment that includes activities
related to the entitlement, sale, and leasing of the company's excess real
estate assets.
(source: Aerojet)
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