Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, announced in a press release that its AJ26 engine successfully completed a hot-fire test recently at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
Orbital, Aerojet and NASA monitored the full-duration test in support of the Antares(R) rocket program. This is the eighth AJ26 engine to be tested at Stennis.
“This test demonstrates our 70-year legacy of propulsion performance,”
said Executive Director of Space and Launch Systems, Pete Cova. “This is
what we come to work for every day.”
The company added that following review of the test data, the AJ26 will be shipped to Wallops Flight Facility for integration with Orbital’s Antares rocket.