Aerojet-General Corp

Parent Organization: GenCorp Inc

Aerojet is a major rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer based primarily in Rancho Cordova, California with divisions in Redmond, WA; Orange, VA; Gainesville, VA; and Camden, AR. Aerojet is owned by GenCorp. They are the only US propulsion company that provides both solid rocket motors and liquid rocket engines. Their products include a wide range of motors, from main engines used on a number of NASA vehicles and ballistic missiles, down to stationkeeping thrusters for spacecraft. The propulsion devices include rocket motors as large as the EELV Atlas V strap-on rocket boosters. Aerojet provides almost all of the Army's tactical missile rocket motors. They develop and manufacture a wide range of air breathing ramjet and scramjet engines. They also do research in the US in the area of electric ion and Hall effect thrusters. Aerojet is one of only three American companies dedicated almost entirely to rocket engines, the others being Rocketdyne (liquid rocket engines) and ATK (solid rocket motors).

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Campaign Finance

$650 Given
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Lobbying

$440,000 Spent
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Lobbying On Behalf of Aerojet-General Corp

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Federal Spending

10 contracts
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Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

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Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 BLU/129 B QRC ESTABLISH OF CLINS 0007,0008,0009 $15,571,424
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 BLU 129/B QRC CLINS 0001-0008 DEFINITIZATION $7,602,636
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2012 BLU-129/B CLIN 0009 75% OBLIGATION $6,489,692
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 EXERCISE OPTION FOR CLIN 0004 $5,544,868
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 OPTIONS AND NEXT GENERATION ENGINE $3,718,250
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 AEROJET FLEXSEAL FY11 $3,180,910
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2012 CLIN 0001 $1,566,000
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 OPTION CLINS 0005&0006 EXERCISE $1,548,509
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 SDACS TRADE STUDY/MAT'L CHARACTERIZATION $1,360,394
contract
 Aerojet-General Corporation 2011 CLIN 0001 $1,005,734
View all grant & loan data for Aerojet-General Corp View all contract data for Aerojet-General Corp Sources: USASpending.gov

EPA Violations

1 Enforcement Actions
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Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

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covers through EPA's October 19, 2011 release
Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Usa & Cal Dtsc Vs. Seachrome Corp., Et. Al. Aerojet General Corporation (+12 others) 2011 El Monte, Ca $4,407,000
View all EPA violations data for Aerojet-General Corp Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data