Propulsion and components
Rocketdyne
The space propulsion, power and electronics business that returns as a standalone company under the Rocketdyne name after AE Industrial Partners takes 60 percent from L3Harris, carrying about 1,300 people and the West Palm Beach engine plant [SNRD][WT26].
- Entity type
- company
- Kind
- company
- Lane
- Propulsion and components
- Place
- West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County
- Hub region
- Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast
- Founding year
- 2026
- Florida space year and timeline placement
- 2026 · 2026: Aerojet Rocketdyne spun off as Rocketdyne (2026)
- Role
- standalone propulsion company
- Status as of the cutoff
- Operating. The space propulsion, power and electronics business reemerged in January 2026 as a standalone company of about 1,300 people in which AE Industrial Partners holds a 60 percent interest and L3Harris retains a noncontrolling interest.
- Entity status
- operating
- Project status
- not applicable
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Confidence
- High · an official source that documents the node’s specific Florida claim
- Degree
- 4
- Betweenness
- 0.0372 on the full graph · 0.0000 on the industrial relations subgraph
- Sources
- [RDHOME] [SNRD] [WT26]
Connections
Ownership and corporate lineage
- majority owner of ←AE Industrial Partnersthe Boca Raton firm takes 60 percent of the business and restores the Rocketdyne name [SNRD] [WT26]2026
- minority owner of ←2026 onward
- spun off as ←Aerojet Rocketdynethe space propulsion, power and electronics business separates as a standalone company [SNRD]2026
Property, facility and development
- operates site →West Palm Beach rocket engine plantthe standalone company holds the West Palm Beach plant [SNRD] [WT26]2026 onward