Rocketdyne

Rocketdyne

Industry	Rocket engines
Founded	1955
Defunct	2005
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Headquarters	Canoga Park, California , United States
Key people	John Leland Atwood James H. Kindelberger Samuel Kurtz Hoffman
Parent	North American Aviation (1955–1967) Rockwell International (1967–1996) Boeing (1996–2005)

Rocketdyne was an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, in southern California.

Rocketdyne was founded as a division of North American Aviation in 1955 and was later part of Rockwell International from 1967 until 1996 and Boeing from 1996 to 2005. In 2005, Boeing sold the Rocketdyne division to United Technologies Corporation, becoming Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne as part of Pratt & Whitney. In 2013, Rocketdyne was sold to GenCorp, which merged it with Aerojet to form Aerojet Rocketdyne.^[1][2]