Jerry Tarnacki, vice president of quality and mission assurance at Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), has been named senior VP of the firm’s newly created space business unit. Tarnacki will directly report to Eileen Drake, Aerojet’s president and CEO, and manage all programs related to defense, NASA, space and launch strategies, …

Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) will combine its six business units into defense and space organizations as part of a corporate reorganization effort. The company said Monday the future senior vice presidents of Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc.‘s defense and space businesses will report directly to Eileen Drake,  president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings. …

Scott Ward, a former director of engines and motors at the United Launch Alliance, will join Sacramento, Calif.-based propulsion technology manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE:AJRD) as vice president of engineering. The 27-year aerospace engineering veteran will assume his new role on April 4 to offer more than 27 years of aerospace engineering, program management and product development experience, Aerojet …

Jim Simpson, former vice president of business development and strategy for Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) network and space systems, has been appointed as senior VP of strategy and business development at Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) in a move that takes effect Sept. 21. He will report to CEO and President Eileen Drake and oversee the company’s efforts to …

Coleman Aerospace, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), has secured a $140.1M contract modification to supply six medium-range ballistic missile targets and perform related engineering services to the Missile Defense Agency. The modification exercises an option under a previously awarded contract and increases the total contract value to $506.5M, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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