Orbital ATK Awarded Major Sounding Rocket Contract by NASA
April 07 2016 - 1:48PM
Business Wire
Company to Continue as Prime Contractor for
U.S. Space Agency’s Suborbital Research Rocket Program
Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and
defense technologies, today announced that it was selected by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the prime
contractor for the NASA Sounding Rockets Operations Contract III
(NSROC III) program. The award is a one-year base contract with
four one-year option periods and is valued at approximately $200
million. Orbital ATK won the new contract in an open competition
and has served as the prime contractor on the program since 2010.
During that time, the company supported 94 sounding rocket launches
and set the record for 41 consecutive successful missions, the most
in the 57-year history of the program. Sounding rockets are used to
conduct suborbital missions for scientific and atmospheric
research.
Under the NSROC III program, which is centered at NASA’s Wallops
Flight Facility in Virginia and the White Sands Missile Range in
New Mexico, Orbital ATK’s Technical Services division will plan,
coordinate and carry out suborbital research rocket missions from
locations in the United States and around the world. The Orbital
ATK team will also work with the NASA Sounding Rockets program to
develop and implement additional capabilities.
“We are honored to continue our legacy of support to NASA’s
sounding rocket program under NSROC III,” said John Pullen, Vice
President and General Manager, Technical Services Division of
Orbital ATK’s Space Systems Group. “We have partnered with NASA and
the Wallops Flight Facility team for many years both as a
subcontractor and prime contractor under NSROC I and NSROC II. Our
proven capability in executing successful missions will help ensure
that NASA retains its position as the world leader in sounding
rocket technology and suborbital space and Earth science
research.”
Orbital ATK and its teammates expect to employ technical and
administrative staff at Wallops Flight Facility and White Sands
Missile Range over the term of the contract. Orbital ATK’s
teammates include three small businesses: LJT and Associates, Inc.,
the Hammers Company, and Hawk Institute for Space Sciences.
In addition to NSROC III, the company supports another
high-altitude scientific research program for NASA. Orbital ATK is
the prime contractor for the NASA Balloon Operations contract,
which is administered by the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops
Flight Facility and is managed from the Columbia Scientific Balloon
Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas. The CSBF staff has launched
more than 1,700 scientific balloons from seven countries in the
past 35 years.
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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