 PRESS RELEASESMay 2013Wednesday, May 15, 2013Power, Propulsion and OptimizationPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and RD AMROSS Propel Modernized Navigation Satellite into OrbitIn their fourth launch of 2013, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and RD AMROSS successfully propelled the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF military navigation satellite into orbit. … See more Tuesday, May 7, 2013Power, Propulsion and OptimizationPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Scramjet Powers Record-breaking Flight of X-51A WaveRiderThe X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's SJY61 scramjet engine, achieved aviation history on May 1 by making the longest-ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight, flying full duration and achieving mission success. … See more April 2013Wednesday, April 24, 2013Power, Propulsion and OptimizationPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Reaches Milestone in Development of Next Rocket Engine for Human SpaceflightPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, the rocket-engine manufacturer that helped power American astronauts to the moon during the Apollo era, has completed the last in a series of hot-fire tests on a J-2X engine with a stub-nozzle extension at simulated altitude conditions. … See more March 2013Tuesday, March 19, 2013Power, Propulsion and OptimizationPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powers United Launch Alliance Atlas V Upper Stage, Placing Early-Warning Missile Satellite into OrbitAn Atlas V launch vehicle rose from the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., today to deliver the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 2) into orbit – thanks to propulsion provided by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and RD AMROSS. … See more Monday, March 4, 2013Power, Propulsion and OptimizationPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and Kelvin TOP-SET Collaborate to Reduce Cost and Potential Downtime in Oil and Gas IndustryPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is collaborating to create a highly specialized methodology that combines its Extreme Engineering expertise with Kelvin TOP SET's proprietary incident investigation skills to reduce cost and potential downtime in the oil and gas industry. … See more |
