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ATK's Role Includes Propulsion and Composites Structures ARLINGTON, Va., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion and composite technologies supported today's successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This rocket carried the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. WGS-5 is the fifth satellite delivered by prime contractor Boeing as part of the...
ATK Supports the Launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V ARLINGTON, Va., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) provided critical hardware for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V that launched the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GPS IIF-4 is the fourth satellite delivered by prime contractor Boeing as part of the GPS IIF contract for 12 next-generation GPS space vehicles. GPS IIF...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has been awarded a contract worth $17 million for production of rocket motors for AIM-9P Sidewinder customers within the United States Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Under FMS, the U.S. government procures defense articles and services on behalf of one or more foreign customers. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) at Hill Air Force Base in Utah issued the award. Work will be performed at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasas, Inc., the leader in high performance parallel storage for technical computing applications and big data workloads, today announced that ATK (Alliant Techsystems, Inc.), has standardized on Panasas® ActiveStor(TM) to speed innovation and reduce cost in its demanding research, and product performance simulation processes. ATK is the world's top producer of rocket propulsion systems and a leading supplier of military and...
HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, Oct. 2, at NASA's Langley Research Center here, Allan McDonald will present, "Truth, Lies and O-rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster," from his book by same name. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) McDonald, former director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for the engineering contractor Morton Thiokol, had warned NASA not to launch the Challenger prior to...
ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation's leading solid rocket motor producer, provided a key component for the most recent successful Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IB. The test was held over the Pacific Ocean on June 26, 2012. ATK supplies the Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) to Raytheon Company, the prime contractor for the SM-3. The TSRM is a dual-pulse propulsion system with thrust...
Roger Boisjoly, who died on January 6 at 73-years-old, was an engineer who tried to stop space shuttle Challenger from launching in 1986. Boisjoly was an engineer at solid rocket booster manufacturer Morton Thiokol. He started to warn NASA as early as 1985 that the joints in the boosters could fail in cold weather. He and four other space shuttle engineers argued on the eve of the launch in 1986 of the dangers the astronauts were facing. He found that in cold temperatures, o-rings...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) today reported operating results for the third quarter of its Fiscal Year 2012, which ended on January 1, 2012. Fully diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $1.51, compared to $2.09 in the prior-year quarter, reflecting the impact of a $33 million ($25 million net of taxes or $0.77 per share) accrual regarding a previously disclosed lawsuit related to the manufacture of LUU flares (the LUU flares accrual) arising from events that...
One of NASA's industry partners, Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) of Utah, successfully held a Launch System Initial Systems Design (ISD) Review of its Liberty Transportation System. This is the third milestone to be completed under ATK's unfunded Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA's Commercial Crew Program. ATK has five milestones to meet under the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement, which enables NASA and ATK teams to exchange technical information related to Liberty...
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) and the United States Air Force successfully tested ATK's newly developed Large Class (92-inch diameter) Stage III solid rocket motor at the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee. The Stage III motor is designed to ignite at altitudes in excess of 85,000 feet. In order to accurately test the motor's performance the static fire was conducted at AEDC using a vacuum chamber specially designed to...
