They are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.
Quote from: baldusi on 10/06/2015 01:10 amThey are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.Wow... knew they had a diverse portfolio, didn't know it was that diverse.
Quote from: Rocket Surgeon on 10/06/2015 01:47 amQuote from: baldusi on 10/06/2015 01:10 amThey are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.Wow... knew they had a diverse portfolio, didn't know it was that diverse. https://www.rocket.com/aerospacehttps://www.rocket.com/defenseNot sure if i'd call them 'world leaders in electic engines' though, if that includes XIPS thrusters then no.
Quote from: baldusi on 10/06/2015 01:10 amThey are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.Wow... knew they had a diverse portfolio, didn't know it was that diverse. Do you think if their large LRE business becomes unprofitable that they would sell it off? It'd be a bit ironic if in a few years ULA bought that part of ARJ's business.
Quote from: savuporo on 10/06/2015 06:21 amQuote from: Rocket Surgeon on 10/06/2015 01:47 amQuote from: baldusi on 10/06/2015 01:10 amThey are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.Wow... knew they had a diverse portfolio, didn't know it was that diverse. https://www.rocket.com/aerospacehttps://www.rocket.com/defenseNot sure if i'd call them 'world leaders in electic engines' though, if that includes XIPS thrusters then no.I'm sorry, I meant Hall effect thrusters.
Quote from: Rocket Surgeon on 10/06/2015 01:47 amQuote from: baldusi on 10/06/2015 01:10 amThey are rhe world leaders in electric engines, small thrusres and liquid apogee engines, for example. Plus solid motors for defense applications.Wow... knew they had a diverse portfolio, didn't know it was that diverse. Do you think if their large LRE business becomes unprofitable that they would sell it off? It'd be a bit ironic if in a few years ULA bought that part of ARJ's business.Why would ULA or anyone else buy an unprofitable business with no prospects for the future? Businesses like that get shut down, not sold.
Quote from: ChrisWilson68 on 10/06/2015 05:54 pmQuote from: Rocket Surgeon on 10/06/2015 01:47 amDo you think if their large LRE business becomes unprofitable that they would sell it off? It'd be a bit ironic if in a few years ULA bought that part of ARJ's business.Why would ULA or anyone else buy an unprofitable business with no prospects for the future? Businesses like that get shut down, not sold.My thought is that it may be unprofitable for not having anyone to sell to. ULA may like having the IP and/or ability to make it's own rocket engines, which it could get by buying that off AJR. Essentially do a SpaceX and bring engine production in house. Just because it's not profitable doesn't mean it's not valuable.
Quote from: Rocket Surgeon on 10/06/2015 01:47 amDo you think if their large LRE business becomes unprofitable that they would sell it off? It'd be a bit ironic if in a few years ULA bought that part of ARJ's business.Why would ULA or anyone else buy an unprofitable business with no prospects for the future? Businesses like that get shut down, not sold.
Do you think if their large LRE business becomes unprofitable that they would sell it off? It'd be a bit ironic if in a few years ULA bought that part of ARJ's business.
I also think this because I can see the relationship between ULA and Blue getting a bit rocky in the future if Blue's reuse plan ends up being cheaper. I know they said they are "in different businesses", but I can see them eye each others pies off in the future. Though that's starting to get a bit off topic.
Satellite fleet operator ABS said to select Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Simpson as new CEOby Peter B. de Selding | Dec 8, 2017PARIS — Satellite fleet operator SES, whose flamboyant founder, Tom Choi, resigned in October, has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Jim Simpson as its new chief executive, industry officials said. Simpson joined Aerojet in September 2015 as senior vice president for strategy and business development after a long career with Boeing [...]
This seems the best thread to note this:QuoteSatellite fleet operator ABS said to select Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Simpson as new CEOby Peter B. de Selding | Dec 8, 2017PARIS — Satellite fleet operator SES, whose flamboyant founder, Tom Choi, resigned in October, has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Jim Simpson as its new chief executive, industry officials said. Simpson joined Aerojet in September 2015 as senior vice president for strategy and business development after a long career with Boeing [...]https://www.spaceintelreport.com/satellite-fleet-operator-abs-said-select-aerojet-rocketdynes-simpson-new-ceo/
What future have Aerojet right now?https://spacenews.com/with-debt-down-and-cash-up-aerojet-rocketdyne-hunting-for-acquisitions/https://spacenews.com/aerojet-rocketdyne-seeks-other-customers-for-ar1-engine/In the future one of the launcher companies is possible will buy Aerojet, for the patents and engines like X3?
Quote from: Tywin on 09/30/2018 03:39 pmWhat future have Aerojet right now?https://spacenews.com/with-debt-down-and-cash-up-aerojet-rocketdyne-hunting-for-acquisitions/https://spacenews.com/aerojet-rocketdyne-seeks-other-customers-for-ar1-engine/In the future one of the launcher companies is possible will buy Aerojet, for the patents and engines like X3?I was thinking the opposite: Aerojet could either acquire or create a LV company.
Not everyone needs to be an apex predator to survive and thrive, so Aerojet Rocketdyne may do just fine carving out their own niche in the aerospace world.
I can see how AJR would assume that there's an opening for a Delta II class expendable launch vehicle in between dedicated smallsat launchers and the reusables. ...
Quote from: yg1968 on 09/30/2018 03:57 pmQuote from: Tywin on 09/30/2018 03:39 pmWhat future have Aerojet right now?https://spacenews.com/with-debt-down-and-cash-up-aerojet-rocketdyne-hunting-for-acquisitions/https://spacenews.com/aerojet-rocketdyne-seeks-other-customers-for-ar1-engine/In the future one of the launcher companies is possible will buy Aerojet, for the patents and engines like X3?I was thinking the opposite: Aerojet could either acquire or create a LV company. In June 2010, I was invited to brief the then CEO of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) about their long term strategy with respect to the launch vehicle market. It was a short brief, a bit over a half dozen slides, most of which I can't show. But this opening slide set the stage as far as I was concerned. Naturally, they elected to ignore the advice to create a JV to develop a launch vehicle, with the result that they today live or die on SLS pork and RL10, which can't sustain AR.