POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Rebecca A. Bauer, David A. Fox, Tony Shin, and Michael Titera,
and any of their substitutes, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,

   and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form
   ID,including amendments thereto, and any other document necessary or
   appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases enabling the
   undersigned to makeelectronic filings with the SEC of reports require by the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
   as a director and/or officer of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (the
   "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
   Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
   may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or
   5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
   such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority; and

4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
   foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
   to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
   being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
   behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
   form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
   approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by
each attorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this power of attorney
if it has been in effect at the time such action was taken.  The undersigned
acknowledges that each attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each
of the foregoing attorneys- in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of September 7, 2022.

                                                    By: /s/ Joseph E. Chontos
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                                                    Name: Joseph E. Chontos