President, Paul Fenley received a very special artifact for Christmas that will reside in his office—a commemorative 150th RL10 Rocket Engine Goblet that dates back to the early 1990’s. This goblet was distributed around the time when Aerojet Rocketdyne (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft at the time) and Atec began their relationship to support the RL10 program. That specific historic launch …
Atec’s space systems group has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and certify electrical power modules for a commercial crew transportation system. This is Atec’s third contract for this major space prime, and our company is appreciative of the continued, repeat confidence in Atec’s work. These modules will allow clean power for multi-electrical systems on the CST Starliner-100 crew …
Atec President Paul Fenley made an announcement from Atec’s booth at SpaceCom earlier today. “Atec has partnered with the City of Houston Airport System to advance Spaceport Houston and the recently purchased Houston Aerospace Support Center building at Ellington Airport. We are excited that we can grow our space business along with City initiatives to sustain the Johnson Space Center, …
Atec, Inc. celebrated Halloween with a company party featuring Pumpkin “Boo” Bowling and Pumpkin Carving Contest. The competition was fierce with ten entries. Many pumpkins had intricate carvings while one sported a wig, another was a Minion and Cookie Monster made an appearance eating cookies. Brian Durbin, V.P. (& E.E.) took first place with an adaptation of the old board …
October 2, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL — Today’s successful Morelos-3 Satellite mission launch marks the 113th launch with Atec manufactured and tested valves for Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine. This morning an Atlas V launched from complex 41 carrying Mexico’s next-generation communications satellite into orbit. The satellite for Mexico’s Ministry of defense will help the country’s telecommunication efforts. Congratulations to …
Atec adds an additional tank to increase our liquid nitrogen storage from 3000 gallons to a total of 9000 gallons at our facility in SW Houston. This new tank is insulated, 7.1 feet in diameter, 31.8 feet high, and weighs 62,300 pounds. This allows Atec to increase testing volume and not have to interrupt testing for frequent deliveries of LN2. While installing …
Houston, TX (August 12, 2015)—Caroline Bennitt, Communication Director, announced that Atec would show at the August 17-19 Tinker & the Primes tradeshow. “Atec CEO, Howard Lederer, along with the new large test cell consultant, Don Drewry, and retired Brig. General Ben Robinson will be in attendance,” said Bennitt. “This shows the high importance Atec places on its relationship with Tinker …
July 15, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL — Today’s successful GPS IIF-10 mission launch marks the 110th launch with Atec manufactured and tested valves for Rocketdyne’s RL10 engine. The Global Positioning System blasted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket this morning at Space Launch Complex 41 in support of the USAF. This year celebrates 20 years …
This is a period of strong growth for Atec, with over 55 engineers and record employment, field crews busy repairing and refurbishing test stands around the globe to support our USAF IDIQ contract, and a space team that is rapidly expanding. Our subsidiary, Celtech Corp. is busy with test stand production, and Atec is looking at other external growth opportunities. …
The AFSPC-5 mission will mark the 109th successful launch of a US mission into orbit or deep space involving cryogenic fuel control valves manufactured and tested by Atec for the RL10 final stage rocket engine. Over the 18 years that Atec has produced the valves, thrust on the various versions of these Aerojet Rocketdyne engines has increased from 15,000 to …
