Alliant Techsystems Wins NASA Contract Worth More Than $50M

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), the sole maker of reusable solid- rocket motors for U.S. space shuttles, won a contract valued at more than $50 million to build solar arrays for NASA’s new Orion spacecraft. The solar arrays are expendable for each mission, which should mean continuous production at least through 2020, Edina, Minn.-based Alliant said Friday. The award came from Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp., the lead contractor for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orion program.

Originally published by The Daily Record Staff.

(c) 2008 The Daily Record (Baltimore). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.