rocketdyne former type division industry aerospace fate acquired predecessor pratt & whitney space propulsion boeing rocketdyne successor aerojet rocketdyne founded 2005 defunct 2013 headquarters canoga park california united states products rocket engines propulsion systems energy systems extreme engineering services parent united technologies corporation website www.pw.utc.com pratt & whitney rocketdyne pwr was a united states company that designed and produced rocket engines that use liquid propellants . it was a division of pratt & whitney a fully owned subsidiary of united technologies corporation . it was headquartered in canoga park los angeles california . in 2013 the company was sold to gencorp becoming part of aerojet rocketdyne . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit pratt & whitney rocketdyne was formed in 2005 when pratt & whitney space propulsion and boeing rocketdyne propulsion & power were merged following the latter s acquisition from boeing by united technologies corporation . boeing retained the 2 800 acre rocketdyne santa susana field laboratory 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 west palm beach florida . in july 2012 united technologies corporation agreed to sell pratt & whitney rocketdyne to gencorp which also owns rocket engine producer aerojet . 1 2 3 the sale was completed in june 2013 when the company was merged with aerojet to form aerojet rocketdyne . 4 products edit space shuttle main engines pratt & whitney rocketdyne rl10 lh2 lox an american society of mechanical engineers asme historic landmark developed by pratt & whitney . used on the saturn i the upper stage of the delta iv the centaur upper stage for the atlas v and titan rockets and on the vertical landing mcdonnell douglas dc x delta clipper . it was intended to serve as the main propulsion engine for the altair lunar lander . rs 68 lh2 lox first stage engine for the delta iv . rs 25 lh2 lox space shuttle main engine . sj61 jp 7 ingested air a dual mode ramjet scramjet engine flown on the boeing x 51 hypersonic demonstration vehicle . j 2x lh2 lox as of 2013 under development to be used on the earth departure stage for the block ii of the space launch system . see also edit rocketdyne rocketdyne engines commercial spaceflight federation references edit los angeles times ; rocketdyne sold to gencorp . accessed 12.12.2012 gencorp to buy rocket manufacturer rocketdyne . flightglobal . retrieved 23 july 2012 . who s where aviation week & space technology january 1 2007 here s how aerojet rocketdyne might bring 5 000 new aerospace engineering jobs to huntsville external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to rocketdyne engines . pratt & whitney rocketdyne company website v t e aerojet rocketdyne holdings people thomas f. o neil dan a. kimball robert truax subsidiaries aerojet rocketdyne pratt & whitney rocketdyne rocketdyne joint ventures bristol aerojet products aerobee aerojet general x 8 aerozine 50 aquarius lr 87 sea dragon related articles aerojet general tire omnova solutions v t e pratt & whitney current subsidiaries pratt & whitney canada joint ventures engine alliance international aero engines former subsidiaries pratt & whitney rocketdyne test facilities mirabel aerospace centre people george j. mead frederick rentschler related francis a. pratt pratt & whitney measurement systems solarreserve amos whitney united technologies corporation v t e pratt & whitney aircraft engines radial engines r 985 r 1340 r 1535 r 1690 r 1830 r 1860 r 2000 r 2060 r 2180 a r 2180 e r 2270 r 2800 r 4360 double wasp hornet a hornet b twin hornet twin wasp r 1830 twin wasp r 2000 twin wasp e twin wasp junior wasp series wasp wasp junior wasp major yellow jacket h piston engines x 1800 xh 2600 xh 3130 xh 3730 free piston gas turbines pt1 turbojets jt3c jt4 jt6 jt7 jt8a jt9 jt11 jt12 j42 j48 j52 j57 j58 j60 j75 j91 turbofans gp7000 jt3d jt4d jt8d jt9d jtf10 jtf10a jt10d jtf14 jtf16 jtf17 jtf22 pw1000g pw1120 pw2000 pw4000 pw5000 pw6000 stf200 superfan v2500 f100 f105 f117 f119 f135 f401 tf30 tf33 rm8 turboprops turboshafts apw34 jftd12 pt2 pt3 pt4 pt5 t34 xt45 t52 xt57 t73 t800 apw propfans 578 dx rocket engines rl10 aeroderivative gas turbine engines gg3 ft3 gg4 ft4 ft8 subsidiaries pratt & whitney canada pratt & whitney rocketdyne key people leonard s. hobbs george j. mead wright parkins perry pratt frederick rentschler richard dick soderberg andrew willgoos joint development aeroengines v t e united technologies subsidiaries pratt & whitney utc aerospace systems utc building and industrial systems predecessors united aircraft united aircraft and transport corporation former subsidiaries clipper windpower 2010 2012 hamilton standard 1929 1999 hamilton sundstrand 1999 2012 otis elevating railway 1892 1918 otis hovair 1985 2014 pratt & whitney rocketdyne 2005 2013 schweizer aircraft 2004 2012 sikorsky aircraft 1929 2015 utc power 1958 2012 vought 1928 1954 people frederick rentschler related pratt & whitney measurement systems solarreserve retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pratt % 26 whitney rocketdyne & oldid 743512992 categories rocketdynerocketdyne enginesrocket engine manufacturersaerospace companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in californiadefense companies of the united statestechnology companies based in the greater los angeles areacompanies based in los angelescanoga park los angelesunited technologies corporationcompanies established in 2005companies disestablished in 2012defunct companies in the greater los angeles areahistory of the san fernando valleyhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitalianonederlandsnorsk bokm lportugu srom n sloven inasuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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