Manufacturer catalog

Aerojet Ordnance Company

Aerojet Ordnance Company was a U.S. munitions manufacturer within the GenCorp/Aerojet industrial line, with public weapon references tying it to air-delivered cluster munitions, scatterable mine systems, and submunition production. Its documented work includes system-integration responsibility for the CBU-89/B Gator mine system and earlier prime-contractor or manufacturing roles on the CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition and BLU-97/B submunition.

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Aerojet Ordnance Company operated as the ordnance and energetics side of the broader Aerojet defense business rather than as a stand-alone modern aerospace brand. Forecast International described the company as a GenCorp organization component located in Tustin, California, and credited it with manufacturing the BLU-97/B submunition and acting as prime contractor for the complete CBU-87/B weapon until the Aerojet Ordnance business was sold to Primex Technologies in early 1994.

The clearest system-level record in the catalog is the CBU-89/B Gator mine system. GlobalSecurity identifies Aerojet Ordnance Company as the system-integration prime contractor for Gator, responsible for total system performance, live testing, and a five-year system-performance warranty while either procuring elements or integrating government-furnished components. GenCorp's later SEC filings place Aerojet's surviving defense work in a broader aerospace-and-defense segment covering propulsion, warheads, armament systems, and precision tactical and long-range weapon applications.

Air-delivered cluster munitionsScatterable mine systemsCombined-effects submunitionsEnergetics and armament integrationLegacy Aerojet defense manufacturing

Notable Systems

CBU-89 Gator mine, Air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition, Munitions

CBU-89 Gator mine

Air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition

GlobalSecurity identifies Aerojet Ordnance Company as the system-integration prime contractor for the Gator mine system, with responsibility for total system performance and live production-line testing.

Sources: CBU-89 Gator Mine, Gator WS
CBU-87 cluster munition, Air-delivered cluster munition, Munitions

CBU-87 cluster munition

Air-delivered cluster munition

Forecast International reports that Aerojet Ordnance Company manufactured the BLU-97/B submunition and acted as prime contractor for the complete CBU-87/B weapon until the early-1994 sale of Aerojet Ordnance to Primex Technologies.

Sources: CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition report

Manufacturer History

  1. CBU-87 production deliveries begin

    Forecast International dates first CBU-87/B production deliveries to December 1983 and identifies Aerojet Ordnance Company as the earlier prime contractor for the complete weapon and manufacturer of the BLU-97/B submunition.

    Sources: CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition report

  2. Aerojet Ordnance sold to Primex

    Forecast International states that Primex Technologies, formerly Olin Ordnance, purchased Aerojet Ordnance in early 1994, shifting later CBU-87/B procurement away from Aerojet's ordnance business.

    Sources: CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition report

  3. Primex purchased by General Dynamics

    The same Forecast International report records that General Dynamics purchased Primex in 2000, placing the acquired Aerojet Ordnance lineage within a later defense-ordnance corporate structure.

    Sources: CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition report

  4. Aerojet Rocketdyne formed

    L3Harris' Aerojet Rocketdyne history says GenCorp acquired Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne from United Technologies in 2013 to form Aerojet Rocketdyne, the later corporate line associated with Aerojet's remaining aerospace and defense business.

    Sources: Aerojet Rocketdyne History

Successors
Primex TechnologiesGeneral Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical SystemsAerojet Rocketdyne
Website links
L3Harris Aerojet RocketdyneAerojet Rocketdyne historySEC GenCorp FY2011 Form 10-K

Public sources use both Aerojet Ordnance Company and Aerojet Ordnance for the same GenCorp/Aerojet ordnance business. The shorter Aerojet Ordnance label has a separate catalog profile, so it is not repeated here as an alias.

Manufacturer Sources

  • CBU-89 Gator MinePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports Aerojet Ordnance Company's system-integration prime-contractor role on the CBU-89/B Gator mine system, including total system performance, live testing, and warranty responsibility. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Gator WSPublisher: Hill Air Force Base | Note: Supports the GenCorp Aerojet CBU-89A/B Gator weapon-system caption and public-domain image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition reportPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports Aerojet Ordnance Company's GenCorp affiliation, Tustin location, CBU-87/B prime-contractor role, BLU-97/B submunition manufacturing role, and the 1994 Primex and 2000 General Dynamics succession context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GenCorp FY2011 Form 10-KPublisher: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Note: Supports GenCorp/Aerojet aerospace-and-defense context, including Aerojet's armament-system applications, warhead and armament work, defense customers, and Rancho Cordova corporate address for GenCorp. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne HistoryPublisher: L3Harris Technologies | Note: Supports later Aerojet corporate-line context, including GenCorp's 1984 name change, the 2013 formation of Aerojet Rocketdyne, the 2015 corporate renaming, and present L3Harris ownership. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Powering Defense and Space ExplorationPublisher: L3Harris Technologies | Note: Official current L3Harris page supporting the surviving Aerojet Rocketdyne business line's defense, space, tactical-systems, and armaments context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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CBU-89 Gator mine, Air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition, Munitions1990 Gulf WarCBU-89 Gator mineAir-delivered scatterable mine cluster munitionBuilt in: United StatesThe CBU-89 Gator mine is a U.S. Air Force air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition that uses the SUU-64/B Tactical Munitions Dispenser to lay mixed antitank and antipersonnel minefields. GAO and Human Rights Watch sources document its 1990 Gulf War employment, while reference sources describe a 1,000-pound-class weapon carrying 72 BLU-91/B antitank mines, 22 BLU-92/B antipersonnel mines, and an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor.