Orbital ATK Awarded Contract by United Launch Alliance for Large Composite Structures
December 17 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Composite Hardware to be Used Aboard Atlas V
and Delta IV Rocket Launches Through Approximately 2021
Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE:OA), a global leader in aerospace and
defense technologies, today announced that it has been awarded a
contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) for large-size composite
structures to be used for the Atlas V and Delta IV vehicles in
support of the current United States Air Force Evolved Expendable
Launch Vehicles (EELV) programs. During the contract scope, Orbital
ATK will produce large composite structures for ULA, with
deliveries commencing in 2016 and continuing into early 2019.
Hardware from the new order will support both Atlas V and Delta IV
launches through approximately 2021.
"Our long-standing involvement on both the Atlas V and Delta IV
launch vehicles is a strong demonstration of our workforce’s
engineering and manufacturing abilities," said Steve Earl, Vice
President and General Manager of Orbital ATK’s Aerospace Structures
Division. "Our support of ULA EELV missions is a critical element
of our aerospace structures business, and we are proud to provide
support for these marquee launch vehicle programs.”
The order consists of a variety of composite structures 13 to 18
feet (4 to 5.5 meters) in diameter with lengths up to 63 feet (19
meters), including fairings, payload adapters and diaphragms,
interstages, nose cones and structures providing main engine
thermal/aerodynamic protection. All of the structures will be
fabricated in Orbital ATK’s Large Structures Center of Excellence
(COE) in Iuka, Mississippi, employing advanced fiber placement and
hand lay-up processes, automated machining and ultrasonic
inspection techniques. The Large Structures COE boasts more than
320,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space, including 86,000
square feet of clean room facility, which houses some of the
largest specialized processing equipment of its kind in the United
States.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 12,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in
several international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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