Orbital ATK Awarded $48 Million Rocket Motor Sustainment Contract by Missile Defense Agency
July 12 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Company to Provide Aging and Surveillance
Support on Solid Rocket Motor Inventory
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, announced today it has been awarded a follow-on
Rocket Motor Technical Services (RMTS) contract from the U.S.
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures
Directorate. Under the contract, Orbital ATK will primarily support
MDA in the sustainment of Trident I (C4) and Orion motors for use
in MDA targets and interceptor vehicles. Orbital ATK also provides
services for CASTOR®, Orbus 1A and Oriole motors as well as various
specialty support services such as radar signature testing
and specialty tooling.
“Orbital ATK has more than 50 years of demonstrated performance
providing aging and surveillance support of strategic motors for
MDA, the Air Force and the Navy,” said Charlie Precourt, Vice
President and General Manager of Orbital ATK’s Propulsion Systems
Division. “As such, our world’s leading solid rocket motor
expertise is helping ensure reliability and mission success for our
customer.”
Under the RMTS contract, Orbital ATK will provide sustaining
engineering, aging and surveillance testing and analysis, motor
logistics, motor storage, motor disposal, static test support and
flight test motor preparations for a five-year period. Target
vehicles using C4 motors are on MDA’s flight manifest through the
mid-2020s. Orion motors are used on both target vehicles and the
Ground-Based Interceptor vehicle for the foreseeable future.
The majority of the work for this contract will be conducted at
Orbital ATK’s Bacchus facility in Magna, Utah, with support as
needed from several other Orbital ATK facilities across the
country.
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 13,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in
several international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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