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Introduction

Highway 50 & Aerojet Road
Rancho Cordova, California 95670
U.S.A.
Telephone: (916) 355-4000
Fax: (916) 351-8667
Web site: http://www.aerojet.com

Wholly Owned Subsidiary of GenCorp Inc.
Incorporated: 1942 as Aerojet Engineering Corp.
Employees: 1,400
Sales: $321.0 million (2003)
NAIC: 336414 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing; 336415 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts; 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment

1. Introduction
2. World War II Origins
3. Closing the Missile Gap
4. Space Race and Vietnam
5. Booming in the Reagan Era
6. 1990s Cutbacks
7. New Ventures in the Late 1990s and Beyond
8. Major Acquisitions in 2002 and 2003
9. Principal Divisions
10. Principal Competitors
11. Further Reading
12. Copyright Page
13. About Page