Vista Outdoor, a sporting goods company that will spinoff from ATK, is considering several possible sites in Utah to be its global headquarters. ATK said Thursday Vista Outdoor aims to employ as many as 5,800 workers globally and to have a manufacturing presence in approximately 10 U.S. states. Mark DeYoung, ATK president and CEO, said the […] More

Mark DeYoung, president and chief executive officer of ATK and vice chair of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation board of directors, has been elected to serve as the CSF board chair beginning January 2015. “The CSF … [works] with Congress, governors, and state legislatures to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping,” DeYoung noted […] More

  ATK is showcasing its various science, technology, engineering and math offerings at the 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival from April 25-27 in Washington DC. ATK scientists and engineers will attend the event to feature five displays related to space exploration and science, the company announced Monday. Specifically, these displays will allow participants to […] More

(Editor’s note: this interview took place prior to ATK’s April announcement that the company would spinoff its sporting division into an independent company and merge its aerospace and defense businesses with Orbital Sciences. Click here to read GovCon Wire’s coverage of both transactions.) As senior vice president and chief information officer at ATK, Jeff Kubacki acts as the Arlington, […] More

ATK‘s board of directors has approved a plan to spinoff its sporting group into an independent, publicly-traded company as part of an agreement to merge ATK’s aerospace and defense business groups with Orbital Sciences. Mark DeYoung, president and CEO of Arlington, Va.-based ATK, will serve as chairman and CEO of the commercial ammunition and sporting […] More