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New RL10 to reduce price and increase production<\/h2>\n

This week ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, owned by L3Harris, celebrated the RL10 engine\u2019s sixtieth anniversary. With it, the company announced a new version of the engine would fly on a Vulcan rocket in 2025.<\/p>\n

The RL10C-X, cause every cool new product needs an \u201cX\u201d at the end, is the latest version of the RL10 that first flew back in 1962. RL10C, the current version, flies on ULA\u2019s Atlas V rocket and soon the Vulcan rocket as the main engine for the Centaur upper stage.<\/p>\n

the \u201cC\u201d variation brings cost reductions, making its rockets more competitive commercially. The RL10C-X, will bring even more cost savings and will rely \u201cheavily on additive manufacturing,\u201d says Jim Maus, vice president of program execution and integration at Aerojet.<\/p>\n

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