ATK Helps NASA Develop, Test Green Propulsion Tech; Cary Ralston Comments
ATK has developed a thruster technology for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center that is intended to help store and handle materials, as well as process the launch site. The company completed the first U.S.-based tests of the high performance green propulsion technology after previously evaluating the system’s fidelity and operability in space at its facility [...]
ATK Aerospace Selects Big Data Solution for R&D, Simulation; Ramesh Krishnan Comments
March 15, 2013 No Comment
ATK Aerospace Group has adopted Panasas Inc.’s ActiveStor parallel storage solution in an effort to accelerate its design, research and simulation processes at its high-performance computing center. California-based Panasas said said it designed ActiveStor with technical computing applications and big data workload solutions to address the performance and scalability requirements by operations like ATK’s engineering process. [...]
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ATK Completes Avionics, Control Test for NASA Space Launch Booster Program; Fred Brasfield Comments
March 15, 2013 No CommentATK has completed the second in a line of avionics and control tests for NASA’s Space Launch System booster program meant to in part address complexity and cost issues. The test also focused on ATK’s work to replace decades-old test equipment with new electronic support equipment, using a design that could be applied to test [...]
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A Lockheed Martin-led team has turned on the power for the system module in the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS III satellite constellation scheduled for first launch in 2014. The team integrated the module’s mechanics and will move forward to electrical and integrated hardware-software testing, Lockheed said Thursday. Team members include ITT Exelis, General Dynamics, ATK, Infinity [...]
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ATK Hardware Helps Lift Rocket, Mapping Satellite; David Shanahan Comments
February 13, 2013 No Comment
ATK provided hardware to both a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture for a Monday rocket launch and for a satellite the rocket carried into space. The United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket carried an ATK composite heat shield and propellant tank and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite carries ATK hardware as well, ATK said Tuesday. [...]
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ATK Team Evaluates NASA Space Launch System Avionics, Control; Fred Brasfield Comments
February 5, 2013 No CommentATK (NYSE: ATK) addressed complexity and cost issues in its latest avionics and control test for a NASA program aimed at sending astronauts and cargo beyond Earth’s orbit. Flight Control Test 2, the second in a series of development tests for the Space Launch System, occurred Jan. 30 at ATK’s testing laboratory in Promontory, Utah, [...]
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Lockheed’s Athena Launch Vehicles Selected Under Air Force Space Program; Robert Cleave Comments
December 19, 2012 No Comment
Lockheed Martin announced on Dec. 14 that it has been selected to compete for task orders under the Air Force’s orbital/suborbital small and medium space lift program in support of government missions. According to a company statement, Lockheed’s Athena launch vehicle family has been selected under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. “Athena combines the launch systems heritage and expertise of both Lockheed [...]
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ATK Provides Heat Shield as NASA Sends Atlas V Rocket, X-37B into Space
December 12, 2012 No Comment
NASA launched the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on December 11, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. to deliver a third prototype X-37B space plane for the military. According to an ATK statement, the Atlas V rocket used a 10-foot diameter composite heat shield that provides protection for the first stage of the launch vehicle. [...]
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ATK will produce a new fuze for U.S. Navy artillery on cruisers and destroyers under an initial $13 million order. The company said the order is part of a five-year, $84.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command. AFK will manufacture the MK 437 Multi-Option Fuze at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia, with [...]
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