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property above Canoga Park while a majority of the engineering and design continued to be carried out at the Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion facility located on Beeline Highway outside
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne was formed in 2005 when Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and
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In July 2012, United Technologies Corporation agreed to sell Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to
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Here's how Aerojet Rocketdyne might bring 5,000 new aerospace engineering jobs to Huntsville
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Block 1, and in the future, Space Launch System Block 1B and Block 2. (
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Former American company that designed and produced rocket engines
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were merged, following the latter's acquisition from Boeing by
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Aerospace
Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion
Boeing Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Canoga Park
California
U.S.
Rocket engines
Parent
United Technologies Corporation
rocket
liquid propellants
Pratt & Whitney
United Technologies Corporation
Canoga Park
California
GenCorp
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Boeing
Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power
United Technologies Corporation
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
West Palm Beach, Florida
GenCorp
Aerojet
Aerojet Rocketdyne

RS-25
RL10

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