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Rocket Shop℠ Defense Advanced Programs

Ensuring the Nation's Safety with Next Generation Defense Products

Aerojet Rocketdyne's Rocket Shop℠ is the defense innovation arm of the company, specifically designed and staffed to identify unique defense customer solutions and rapidly mature those products from concept to demonstration. The group utilizes a highly-specialized workforce and state-of-the-art processes such as rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing to quickly and affordably develop new products focused on increasing national security.

Key Features

Differentiating Technologies for the Warfighter

Leader in propulsion technologies: ramjet, scramjet, rotating detonation, boosters, warheads, and electric power
Superior capability achieved through advanced solid and liquid propellants, materials and innovative design
Affordability and faster time-to-market achieved through additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping

Innovative Solutions for National Defense

Large and small rocket motors for next generation Minuteman Ground Based Strategic Deterrent and tactical systems
Supersonic and hypersonic propulsion for missiles and aircraft
Next generation missile defense against emerging threats
Advanced armaments and specialty warheads enabling selectable effects
Advanced concepts for rotating detonation engines, torpedo propulsion, and air/land/sea/undersea defense

Press Releases

Feb. 22, 2023 - Aerojet Rocketdyne's Advanced Scramjet Engine Powers Hypersonic Vehicle Flight in Partnership with DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin
Oct. 6, 2022 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Next Generation Large Solid Rocket Motor, Demonstrates Production Maturity of Modern Facilities
Aug. 16, 2022 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Opens Industry's First SCEPS Manufacturing Facility for Next Generation Torpedo Propulsion
May 5, 2022 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Selected by Lockheed Martin to Power DARPA OpFires Missile
April 6, 2022 - Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Advanced Scramjet Engine Powers Successful Hypersonic Vehicle Flight
Feb. 8, 2022 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Demonstrates Groundbreaking Propulsion for Next Generation Torpedoes
Dec. 15, 2020 - Another Aerojet Rocketdyne Hypersonic Engine Makes History
July 21, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Achieves Another Milestone on DARPA OpFires Program
May 12, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Advanced Large Solid Rocket Motor
Feb. 24, 2020 - Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Advanced Propulsion System for U.S. Navy’s Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
Feb. 10, 2020 - DARPA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Propulsion Technology for the Hypersonic Defense Program Glide Breaker
Dec. 3, 2019 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Achieves Milestone on DARPA OpFires Program, Company successfully completes tests of subscale OpFires propulsion system
Oct. 2, 2019 - Missile Defense Agency Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Mature Hypersonic Defense Component Technology
Sept. 16, 2019 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Selected for Northrop Grumman's Nationwide GBSD Team
Dec. 11, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Awarded DARPA Contract to Design Advanced OpFires Propulsion System
Oct. 8, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Hypersonic DMRJ Engine
Aug. 6, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Boosters Complete Simulated Air-Launch Tests
June 12, 2018 - Office of Naval Research Awards Aerojet Rocketdyne Contract to Develop Advanced Torpedo Propulsion System
May 7, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Hot Fire Testing on Propulsion System for MDA’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle
Dec. 7, 2017 - Aerojet Rocketdyne Achieves Significant Air Force Demonstration and Validation Milestone with Successful Hot-Fire Test

Videos

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s successful test of its Missile Components Advanced Technologies Demonstration Motor - May 12, 2020

Artist’s concept of Glide Breaker. Credit: DARPA

Dec. 3, 2019 - Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completes tests of subscale OpFires propulsion system as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile for tactical use.

OpFires' variable-range second-stage motor enables payloads to defeat targets across the medium-range spectrum. Its launcher assembly loads onto fielded transportation vehicles with the push of a button.(Lockheed Martin Artist Concept)