L3Harris Technologies
NYSE: LHXOwns the Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion lineage, one of the longest-running users of 3D printing in rocket engines. In January 2026 it agreed to sell most of its space propulsion business, which changes who holds that printing experience.
- Status
- Listed
- Listing
- NYSE: LHX
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, Florida, United States
- Ownership
- Listed on NYSE (LHX)
- Technologies
- SLM, copper alloys, rocket engines
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Timeline
- 2017Apr 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne hot-fires a full-scale 3D printed copper alloy RL10 thrust chamber assembly
Made by selective laser melting; testing was enabled by the Defense Production Act Title III programme office.
- 20192019
Aerojet Rocketdyne signs a Space Act Agreement with NASA Marshall for a lightweight thrust chamber using solid-state and laser deposition
- 2024May 2024
Aerojet Rocketdyne is selected by the DoD for a 22 million dollar "Powder-in, Engine-out" hypersonic propulsion manufacturing demonstration
- 2025Nov 2025
Tests brand new RS-25 engines for Artemis, with components built using modern methods including additive manufacturing
- 2026Jan 2026
Announces an 845 million dollar majority sale of its Space Propulsion and Power Systems business, excluding RS-25
The buyer says the new Rocketdyne will focus on the RL10 and draw on more than 15 years of additive experience.
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