IDEAS POWERING FREEDOM

2017Rev. 01-06-2017

More Than 5,000 Employees Across 14 States

Redmond, WA

AR Headquarters

Sacramento, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Vernon, CA

Hill AFB, UT

Socorro, NMCamden, AR

Stennis, MS

Huntsville, AL

West Palm Beach, FL

Aerojet Ordnance

Tennessee, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

Gainesville, VA

Orange, VA

ARDÉ, NJ

Operating Locations

Field Offices

Denver, CO

Tucson, AZ

Dallas, TXOrlando, FL

Eglin AFB, FL

PRODUCT-FOCUSED MANUFACTURING CENTERS AND CUSTOMER-FOCUSED SUPPORT

Moscow Tokyo London

UAE

AJRD Headquarters

El Segundo, CA

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2016 net sales of $1,761.3M

Premiere propulsion provider for the Nation

– 70+ years of experience

– Propelled spacecraft to every planet in the solar system

– More than 2,100 successful launches, including:

• Every EELV Launch

• Every astronaut launched from U.S. soil (>900)

– Only domestic provider of all four propulsion types: liquid,

solid, air-breathing, electric

Diversified Portfolio

– Space: commercial satellites, commercial & government

launch, human space exploration, robotic science

missions, ISS re-supply, space and surface power

systems

– Defense: missile defense and strategic systems, space

protection, warheads and advanced structural systems,

propulsion control systems, special operations assistance

Industry Leader in Aerospace Innovation

− Power for space systems

− Additive manufacturing for liquid rocket engines and

hypersonics

Exploring the Universe, Protecting Our Future

ARMY

18%

NAVY

9%

COMMERCIAL

& OTHER 11%

AIR FORCE

20%

NASA

25%

MDA

17%

END USERS

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Cutting Edge since the Start of the Space Age

1940’s 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s 2010’s

AerobeeFirst Production

Launcher

Apollo 11First Human

Moon Landing

ShuttleFirst Flight,

Reusable Launch System

VikingFirst MarsLander

NERVA NRX/ESTFirst Nuclear Flight Type Rocket Engine

SNAP 10AFirst Production Space Nuclear Fission Power

NEARFirst Asteroid

Lander

CassiniFirst Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn

MessengerFirst Spacecraft

to Orbit Mercury

New HorizonsFirst Pluto

Flyby

AEHFFirst USA Hall Thruster Flight

MMRTGFirst Multi-mission

Radioisotope

Mars Science Lab

Deepest Throttling Monoprop

Engine

Saturn VLargest Production

Human Rated Rocket Engines

JATOFirst Jet Assisted Take-off from an Aircraft Carrier

PolarisFirst Submarine Launched ICBM

EELVMaiden

Launches of Atlas V and

Delta IV

TelstarFirst Flight of a Hydrazine

Arcjet

1st US Human Spaceflight

Curiosity RoverLargest Lander

Safely On Mars

RL10 EngineWorld’s First

LOX/Hydrogen Engine

Additive ManufacturingFirst 3D Printed Rocket Engine

VoyagerFurthest, Longest

Life Spacecraft

DC-X1st Reusable VTOL Vehicle

Paving the Way in Rocket & Power Technology

Topic List

• Corrosion Barrier Coatings

• Radiation-hardened Electronics

• Obsolescence

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Topic #2: Rad-Hard High-Power

Electronics• Description of need:

o Electronic components and circuitry for space system applications are required to work in the radiation environment of space--testing for rad-hard is expensive

o There is a need for standardized radiation data that could be used to assess electronic components during the design phase

o Current power designs are limited by a sparse selection of high voltage diodes

• AR is seeking innovative ideas for new types of space flight high power electronics packages that show high tolerance to the space environment, without incurring mass or volume penalties. For example:

• High temperature silicon carbide (SiC) electronics is desirable for its power handling capabilities, but there needs to be a way to make it rad-hard

• Alternate materials and designs are sought (e.g. gallium nitride (GAN) based solutions)

• SiC or GAN microcircuits are faster and less noisy that Si microcircuits

o Immediate need: SiC Schottky diodes that are rad-hard

• Target market: o Space vehicle & electronics industry (i.e. NASA,

commercial & defense satellite/launch industry)

Strategic Benefits:

• While radiation hardening is

relevant to space propulsion, the

topic has applications across the

space domain. For example:o Low-cost, rad-hard memories and

processors that are able to operate in space

• Co-development of a novel material

or process for AR products may

lead to long-term business

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Project Context:

• AR is the leading manufacturer of

space propulsion systems, in

particular power electronics for

electric propulsion.

• Using innovative technology to

provide our customer’s with

superior solutions is a fundamental

part of AR’s culture

Project Importance: Rad-Hard

High-Power ElectronicsAerojet Rocketdyne Startup

• AR is a producer of high power electronics for space applications, for

NASA and DoD

• An ideal startup partner should have a deep knowledge of power

electronics and radiation effects

Partnership

Summary

• AR development of next generation space propulsion products leads to many exciting development challenges

• Topics presented today– Corrosion barrier

– Rad-hard electronics

– Obsolescence

• Many more challenges exist – Partnerships are always welcome!

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