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Company Profile

GenCorp, Inc. operates as a technology-based manufacturer primarily in the United States. It is organized in two segments, Aerospace and Defense; and Real Estate. Aerospace and Defense segment (ADS) creates military defense systems, as well as military, civil, and commercial space systems that address the needs of defense systems and space systems sectors. The company’s defense systems products include liquid, solid, and air-breathing propulsion for strategic and tactical missiles, precision strike missiles, and interceptors required for missile defense. Product applications for defense systems include strategic and tactical missile motors; maneuvering propulsion systems; attitude control systems; and warhead assemblies used in precision weapon systems and missile defense, as well as airframe structures required on the F-22 Raptor aircraft and fire suppression systems for military and commercial vehicles. GenCorp’s space systems products include liquid, solid, and electric propulsion systems for launch vehicles, transatmospheric vehicles, and spacecraft. Product applications for space systems include liquid engines for expendable and reusable launch vehicles, upper stage engines, satellite propulsion, large solid boosters, and integrated propulsion subsystems. ADS’s principal customers include the United States Government, the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and various defense contractors. Real Estate segment engages in the development, sale, and leasing of company’s real estate assets. It owns approximately 12,600 acres of land, located 15 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento. The company, formerly known as the General Tire & Rubber Company, was established in 1915 and changed its name to GenCorp, Inc. in 1984. GenCorp is headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California.

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