In the News: Aerojet and TBE Host Alabama Governor for Rocket Engine Factory Milestone Event

5/14/2012

​Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company and its strategic alliance partner Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:​TDY), announced today that the companies hosted Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, along with Congressman Mo Brooks and several other dignitaries at Teledyne Brown's headquarters in Huntsville, Ala.​

The event demonstrated the technical and program progress the partners have made since the alliance was created a year ago as well as highlighted the unveiling of an Aerojet AJ26 liquid rocket engine at its new home at Teledyne Brown. The AJ26 is just one of many potential development and production programs under the Aerojet-Teledyne Brown strategic alliance that could lead to significant engineering and manufacturing work in Huntsville.​

"The arrival of the AJ26 at our manufacturing facility is another milestone in the progression of our partnership," said Rex D. Geveden, President, Teledyne Brown Engineering. "Aerojet's exceptional capabilities in propulsion systems development, coupled with our spaceflight systems design and precision manufacturing has created a formidable team that can deliver lower-cost, high-performance rocket engines to our customers."​

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