Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee to Deliver Additional M67 Hand Grenade Body Assemblies
09 August 2022 - 1:00AM
Following a major 2021 milestone of delivering its eight millionth
M67 hand grenade body assembly, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s specialty
metal provider, Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee (AOT), has been awarded
a five-year contract by Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) to deliver
additional assemblies for the U.S. Army.
"AOT has been the sole supplier of M67 hand grenade body
assemblies for more than 20 years," said Eileen P. Drake, Aerojet
Rocketdyne CEO and president. “The members of the Aerojet
Rocketdyne team who manufacture these hand grenade bodies, and
other specialty metal components at AOT, are proud of their role
protecting our warfighters.”
The base year contract calls for the manufacture and delivery of
more than 200,000 fragmentation hand grenade body assemblies. This
is the first year of a five-year effort.
“D&Z has been proud to partner with AOT for many years in
delivering the highest quality grenades to our warfighters and
allies. The two companies have a long tradition of working well
together, and D&Z looks forward to continuing this partnership
with this contract,” stated Michael Yoh, president of D&Z’s
Munitions and Government Division.
The M67 hand grenade is used to supplement small arms fire
against enemies in close combat. The 2.5-inch diameter steel sphere
contains 6.5 ounces of high explosives and is fitted with a fuze
that initiates the explosive charge.
AOT is an industry leader in the production of specialty metal
components for defense, aerospace and commercial products. AOT has
numerous advanced specialty metal capabilities, including: powder
metallurgy, primary metal processing, metal casting, heat
treatment, computer-aided machining, forging and swaging. The
specialty metal products produced by the company have been proven
on the battlefield, on the golf course, in space, in
high-performance racing, and in Olympic events.
About Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne, a
subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is a
world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides
propulsion systems and energetics to the space, missile defense and
strategic systems, and tactical systems areas, in support of
domestic and international customers. For more information, visit
www.Rocket.com and www.AerojetRocketdyne.com. Follow Aerojet
Rocketdyne and CEO Eileen Drake on Twitter at @AerojetRdyne and
@DrakeEileen.
About Day & Zimmermann: Founded in 1901,
Day & Zimmermann is a family-owned company with a workforce of
over 51,000 specializing in construction and engineering, staffing
and defense solutions for leading corporations and governments
around the world. Operating from more than 150 worldwide locations
with 2.7 billion USD in revenue, Day & Zimmermann is currently
ranked as one of the largest private companies in the U.S. by
Forbes. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, our first work was to
develop "Betterment Reports" that helped modernize American
factories. Today, we are still in the business of betterment and
our vision is: “To Accelerate the Next Generation of Innovation,”
by putting people to work, protecting American freedoms and helping
our customers power and improve the world. We do what we say®. For
more information visit www.dayzim.com.
Media Contact:Eileen Lainez,
Aerojet Rocketdyne, 571-239-7839eileen.lainez@rocket.com
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