Orbital ATK is pursuing new opportunities for its Pegasus air-launch rocket with no plans to phase out the vehicle, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. Stephen Clark writes company officials believe Pegasus will continue to perform missions beyond its June 2017 launch of NASA‘s Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite. Orbital ATK entered a partnership with Vulcan Aerospace‘s Stratolaunch Systems subsidiary …

ATK has won a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide the propulsion system for an air-launched space rocket. ATK will design, develop and provide the flight hardware of the first and second stage propulsion for Orbital’s air launch vehicle for Alabama-based Stratolaunch, ATK announced Tuesday. “Our design solution for the …

Northrop Grumman subsidiary and rapid design, innovation and prototyping company Scaled Composites, has appointed Kevin Mickey as president and Cory Bird as vice president, effective immediately. Paul Meyer, Northrop Grumman advanced programs development general manager and VP, said Mickey and Bird’s over 20 years of experience will bring “ingenuity and perseverance to realize concepts” …