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  • Orbital ATK to Manufacture Projectile Fuze for Navy Ship Gun Ammunition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Manufacture Projectile Fuze for Navy Ship Gun Ammunition

    Orbital ATK has secured a $20.8 million contract to produce and support the first article test of a multifunction projectile fuze designed to increase the overall mission capacity of five-inch gun ammunition for U.S. Navy ships. The MK419 Mod 1 Multi-Function Fuze combines five modes of operation into a single fuze intended to be used on MK187 projectiles that support Navy 54 and […] More

  • Orbital ATK Enters Devt Hardware Production Phase for Next-Gen Space Launch Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Enters Devt Hardware Production Phase for Next-Gen Space Launch Vehicles

    Orbital ATK has started production work on development hardware for its large- and intermediate-class family of space launch vehicles. Orbital ATK said Monday its Next Generation Launch family of rockets is designed to launch commercial, national security and scientific satellites that are too huge to fly aboard the company’s Antares, Pegasus and Minotaur space vehicles. The […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes 17-Year Support for NASA Earth Observation Satellite; Frank Culbertson Comments

    Orbital ATK has concluded its support services for an Earth observation satellite the company built for NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to aid the validation and development of satellite and instrument technologies. The company said Thursday NASA has decommissioned the Earth Observing-1 satellite  after a nearly 17-year mission that began in 2000. Orbital ATK supported the EO-1 mission as […] More

  • Orbital ATK Secures Follow-On MDA Contract for Rocket Motor Technical Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Secures Follow-On MDA Contract for Rocket Motor Technical Support

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Orbital ATK a five-year, $48.2 million contract to provide technical support for multiple types of government-furnished rocket motor. Orbital ATK will refurbish Trident I, Castor IVA/IVB, Orion and Orbus 1/1A rocket motors under the follow-on contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added work also covers technical support, flight certification, safe handling, transportation, propulsion, propellant/motor […] More

  • Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK's Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robyn Gatens: Orbital ATK’s Next Cargo Mission to Space Station Rescheduled for April

    NASA has postponed Orbital ATK‘s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to address booster problems on the launch vehicle that will be used to launch a company-built spacecraft, Space News reported Wednesday. Space News’ Jeff Foust quoted Robyn Gatens, deputy director of NASA’s ISS division, as saying the investigation on the booster engine for the Cygnus OA-7 mission will push back the launch no sooner than mid-April. […] More

  • Army Selects General Dynamics, Orbital ATK for Tank Training Ammo Cartridge Production Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Selects General Dynamics, Orbital ATK for Tank Training Ammo Cartridge Production Contracts

    Subsidiaries of General Dynamics and Orbital ATK have secured contracts from the U.S. Army to deliver new and recapitalized cartridges designed for 120mm tank training ammunition. The service branch awarded $63.7 million to General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems unit and $47.5 million to Orbital ATK’s Alliant Techsystems Operations subsidiary for the supply of M1002 production cartridges as well as M865 and M1002 recapitalized cartridges, the Defense Department […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Supply Bushmaster Chain Guns to Lithuania's Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Supply Bushmaster Chain Guns to Lithuania’s Army

    Orbital ATK has received a contract from Lithuania’s defense ministry to supply chain guns for integration onto the Vilkas infantry fighting vehicles of the country’s army. The company said Thursday it will begin to deliver MK44 Bushmaster chain guns in mid-2017 and help the Lithuanian army integrate 90 cannons wit the Rafael-built Samson MKII remote weapons station under the […] More

  • Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Innovations Drive Military Satellite Payload, Subsystem Market Growth

    Research and Markets has predicted the global market for military satellite payloads and subsystems will grow at a 5.35 percent compound annual growth rate through 2021 due to advancements in satellites, antenna technology and networks. The research firm said it also forecasts that the emergence of ground-based inflatable satellite communications antennas for military applications will help drive market growth. The “Global Military Satellite […] More

  • GovCon Vets Named to Virginia Business’ 2017 Most Influential List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Vets Named to Virginia Business’ 2017 Most Influential List

    The Virginia Business magazine has unveiled its list of 50 Most Influential Virginians for 2017 that includes some prominent individuals in the government contracting sector. Some of the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s board members who made it to the publication’s list include Tony Moraco, president and CEO of Science Applications International Corp., NVTC said Monday. The magazine […] More

  • General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract modification from General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business to supply visible and infrared illuminating flares for Hydra-70 rockets. The follow-on order is meant to address the U.S. government’s requirement for M257 and M278 rocket warheads that work to provide tactical illumination in visible and infrared spectra, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. General Dynamics awarded Orbital […] More

  • 99 Student Teams to Take Part in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    99 Student Teams to Take Part in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge

    Ninety-nine student teams from high schools and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Brazil and other countries will participate in NASA’s three-day Human Exploration Rover Challenge that will kick off March 30 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama. NASA said Wednesday the Marshall Space Flight Center will host the competition that will require […] More