Feature Stories

Last month, more than 80 employees and friends from Orbital ATK’s Armament Systems Division (ASD) participated in the 12th annual Pat’s Run in Arizona, and in the affiliated shadow run in Minnesota. This is the ninth year Orbital ATK has sponsored the...

On the evening of April 29, shining stars in the space industry stepped out in their finest for the annual Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation awards gala. With former CNN anchor Miles O’Brien as master of ceremonies, the...

Located approximately 100 miles west of Huntsville, Alabama in Iuka, Mississippi, Orbital ATK’s Large Composite Structures Center Of Excellence (LSCOE) manufactures large composite aerospace structures for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V and...

Progress is being made every day on NASA’s Journey To Mars. Orbital ATK recently completed casting the SLS aft booster segment for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, EM-1. Casting involves filling the rocket motor ...

Orbital ATK’s Earth science satellite history dates back to 1982, with the development of Landsat 4 for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Since then, the company’s extensive, flight-proven line of small- and medium-class spacecraft platforms have ...

Recently, Orbital ATK participated in the fourth annual USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. Visitors to the Orbital ATK booth had the opportunity to interact with Orbital ATK scientists and engineers at various hands-on exhibits that...

At the start of the new year, Orbital ATK’s Fuze and Warhead team – part of its Defense Systems Group – announced it had signed and important agreement for production of its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead (AW) for the...

More than 1,000 children saw their passion for learning ignite during the Chandler Science Spectacular thanks to the support of 50 volunteers and 18 exhibits from Orbital ATK. The Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (STEM) event was hosted by the...

For the second year in a row, Orbital ATK helped inspire future engineers and scientists at the 2016 Utah STEM Fest. More than 20,000 middle and high school students from across the state visited the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy, Utah, and learned...

Feb. 17, 2016 Orbital ATK and NASA celebrated a highly-successful ground qualification test (QM-1) last spring of the five-segment solid rocket booster motor we are developing for NASA’s Space Launch System—NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket that will take...