# Aerojet Rocketdyne: space company profile

> Aerojet Rocketdyne: Now a division of L3Harris Technologies, Aerojet Rocketdyne has manufactured rocket propulsion systems for launch vehicles, spacecraft, and missile defense since 1942.

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## Profile facts

- Name: Aerojet Rocketdyne (legal name Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.)
- What it does: Now a division of L3Harris Technologies, Aerojet Rocketdyne has manufactured rocket propulsion systems for launch vehicles, spacecraft, and missile defense since 1942. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: manufacturing, rocket-engines
- Headquarters: El Segundo, CA, US
- Founded: 1942
- Chief executive: Ken Bedingfield
- Status: active
- Ownership: subsidiary (parent: L3Harris Technologies)
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.l3harris.com/aerojet-rocketdyne](https://www.l3harris.com/aerojet-rocketdyne) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-02-09

## Funding

- Raised privately: No private round on record (No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)

No funding round recorded on this profile.

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## Space Score

- Not scored: A subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, which acquired it in 2023. L3Harris is ranked, so ranking Aerojet Rocketdyne separately would count the same business twice. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 02:10 UTC.
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-07-12 | NASA | CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE RESEARCH REPORTS ON STUDIES ABOUT HOW TO MAKE MARS ASCENT VEHICLE LIGHTER AND MORE EFFICIENT. | $718K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80HQTR24CA004_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2020-06-25 | NASA | R&D TRADE STUDY TO REDESIGN THE XLR-132 PUMP-FED STORABLE ENGINE | $9.4M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80MSFC20F0127_8000_NNC15BA09B_8000) |
| 2020-06-25 | NASA | ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION FORMAT CONVERSION FROM MICRO-FILM TO ELECTRONIC VERSION ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR ENGINE DISASSEMBLY PROCESS DEVELOPMENT | $157K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80NSSC20P1369_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2020-05-01 | NASA | RS-25 Engine Production for SLS (18 additional engines, contract modification) | $1.79B | [Source](https://www.americaspace.com/2020/05/02/nasa-orders-18-more-rs-25-engines-for-sls-moon-rocket-at-1-79-billion/) |
| 2016-12-21 | NASA | IGF::OT::IGF IN SUPPORT OF THE EUROPA PROGRAM, MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IS PROVIDING ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE DE-ORBIT STAGE OF THE LANDER. THE PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY THE JET PROPULSION LABORAT… | $3.1M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNM17AA05C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2016-08-05 | NASA | IGF::OT::IGF TASK ORDER NNC16TA65T FOR LOW ENRICHED URANIUM ENGINE AND COST ANALYSIS. | $7.5M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNC16TA65T_8000_NNC15BA09B_8000) |
| 2016-04-28 | NASA | IGF::OT::IGF NASA, THROUGH THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE (STMD,) SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE AN ADVANCED SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (EP) SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE DEEP SPACE HUMAN AND ROBOTIC… | $235.6M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNC16CA21C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2016-04-01 | NASA | RL10C-3 Engines for SLS Exploration Upper Stage | $174.0M | [Source](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNM16AA12C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2015-04-02 | NASA | IGF::OT::IGF 1.1 BACKGROUND THE NEXT ION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT BY THE NASA IN-SPACE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT, WITHIN THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD), FOR USE IN A W… | $44.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNC15CA07C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2014-06-03 | Energy | IGF::CL::IGF MMRTG SUPPORT FOR THE MARS 2020 MISSION. | $6.6M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_DENE0000687_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2014-03-11 | NASA | IGF::OT::IGF NNC10BA13B/NNC13TA66T FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING STUDY NASA AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) EMPLOY LAUNCH VEHICLES WITH UPPER STAGES THAT UTILIZE PRATT WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE (PWR) CO… | $12.2M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNC13TA66T_8000_NNC10BA13B_8000) |
| 2011-06-06 | NASA | THIS IS A TASK ORDER ENTITLED, "NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION ANALYSIS&STUDY" | $247K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNC11TA54T_8000_NNC10BA13B_8000) |
| 2005-06-23 | NASA | 4200109303 RESEARCH, DEEP THROTTLING COMMON EXTENSIBLE CRYOGENICS ENGINE | $27.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_NNM05AB08C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2003-06-24 | Energy | DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION OF A MULTI-MISSION RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR (MMRTG) | $95.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_DEAC0703SF22307_8900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2002-05-02 | NASA | SPACE SHUTTLE ENG SUPPORT FOR FLIGHT SCH OF 30 FLI FLIGHTS EXTENDING FROM 1/1/02 THRU 12/31/06 | $2.26B | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_MSFC0200205DNAS801140_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

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## Sources

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- Federal award records: contract awards

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