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New RL10 engine to be introduced on Vulcan in 2025

A new version of a 60-year-old rocket engine, with performance and cost improvements, is expected to make its debut in 2025 on the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

by Jeff Foust November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

ULA orders 116 Aerojet Rocketdyne engines for Vulcan’s upper stage

by Sandra Erwin April 11, 2022January 23, 2023

Civil

ULA delays further use of enhanced upper-stage engine pending studies

by Sandra Erwin June 23, 2021January 23, 2023

From the Magazine

Blue Origin’s anticlimactic victory and Aerojet’s Plan B

by Jeff Foust October 5, 2018January 23, 2023

New version of Aerojet’s RL10 upper-stage engine to be almost entirely 3D printed

by Sandra Erwin October 3, 2018February 21, 2023

RL10 hotfire test

RL10 engine added to Air Force agreement with Aerojet Rocketdyne

by Jeff Foust June 26, 2018January 23, 2023

ULA selects Aerojet to provide Vulcan upper stage engine

by Jeff Foust May 11, 2018January 23, 2023

Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Complex 3-D Printed Injector RL10 Engine

by SpaceRef March 7, 2016July 15, 2024

Atlas 5 Launch for NRO Features New Engine Variant

by Mike Gruss December 15, 2014January 20, 2023