ATK Successfully Debuts New Thrust Vector Electronic Control System (TVECS) on STAR(TM) 48BV Motor
STAR(TM) 48BV Stage with TVECS is Adaptable to Launch Vehicle, Satellite, Space Crew Capsule and Planetary Mission Applications ARLINGTON, Va., -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that it successfully performed the first orbit insertion of a satellite using its new STAR(TM) 48BV rocket motor with an innovative vectorable nozzle. The new STAR(TM) 48BV system served as the fourth and final stage of the...
Read More »ATK and Air Force Successfully Test New Large Class Stage III Rocket Motor
ATK Rocket Motor Represents Air Force's First Investment in Developing Potential Family of Motors Capability ARLINGTON, Va. - 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...
Read More »ATK Conducts Third Successful Test of Next-Generation Solid Rocket Motor
PROMONTORY, Utah, Sept. 8, 2011 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) today conducted a third successful ground test of the next-generation solid rocket motor. The successful test, known as Development Motor (DM-3), is an important milestone in further validating the rocket's potential use in heavy lift and commercial launch vehicles. Initial test data indicate the motor performed as designed, producing...
Read More »ATK Solid Rocket Motors Boost Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Program
Over 250 ATK Solid Rocket Motors Powered Shuttle Launches ATK Looks to the Future with the Five Segment Solid Rocket Booster KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, July 8, 2011 - An unprecedented crowd of over one million witnessed the Shuttle program's final liftoff today from the Kennedy Space Center. Space Shuttle Atlantis had a picture perfect launch at 11:26 a.m. EDT boosted by ATK's (NYSE: ATK) Reusable...
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Read More »ATK to Feature Its Commercial and International Military Aerospace Capabilities and Products at the 2011 Paris Air Show
MINNEAPOLIS - ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that it will participate as an exhibitor at the 2011 Paris Air Show. ATK will highlight a variety of capabilities and programs at the show, which will be held at Le Bourget Airport from June 20-26, 2011. ATK is located in Row A, Chalet 100. International cooperation among allies and industry is vital to global security, said ATK President and Chief...
Read More »Aerojet and Raytheon Complete System Integration Test for Standard Missile-3
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced today that the companies completed a kinetic warhead System Integration Test (SIT) for the Standard Missile-3 Block IB (SM-3 Blk IB) missile, verifying the ability of the kinetic warhead to detect, track and engage a ballistic missile target. The test involves a fully operational, flight-weight...
Read More »Aerojet Powers Japan's Third Successful Standard Missile-3 Intercept
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force achieved its third ballistic missile intercept using a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA missile. Aerojet's MK 72 booster and MK 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provided the first- and second-stage propulsion for this critical and successful hit-to-kill intercept...
Read More »ATK and NASA Report Initial 30-Day Findings from Development Motor (DM-2)
Data Confirm ATK Five Segment Solid Rocket Motor is Ready for Flight Testing Five-Segment Design Matures to Support Future Launch Vehicles with Significant Performance Improvements at Reduced Cost PROMONTORY, Utah - Data from the second successful five segment Development Motor (DM-2) test conducted by ATK (NYSE: ATK) and NASA show that the new motor performed precisely as designed, providing...
Read More »GPS Satellite Launched with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Rocket Engine
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Dec. 20 -- Closing out the U.S. launch year with a roar, a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A rocket engine, along with a compliment of solid rocket motors, propelled a United Launch Alliance Delta II into space today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The payload was an Air Force satellite, part of the next-generation GPS constellation. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) is...
Read More »ATK and KEI Missile Defense Team Successfully Test Fire First-Stage Rocket Motor
Test Brings KEI Development Closer to Booster Flight in 2008 PROMONTORY, Utah, June 14 / / -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) completed a successful test firing earlier today of a first-stage rocket motor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI), bringing the program closer to a high-tech defense system that will protect our homeland, deployed troops and allied...
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Locon Sensor Systems offer robust sensor solutions for even the most severe environmental conditions. Their line of high-temp inductive sensors and their cylindrical photoelectric series can operate in temperatures up to 250 degrees Celsius. See our video to learn more.
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