Orbital ATK

Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in February 9, 2015, from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems (ATK). Orbital ATK designed, built, and delivered rocket engines, military vehicles, firearms, autocannons, missiles, ammunition, precision-guided munitions, satellites, missile approach warning systems, launch vehicles and spacecraft. The company was acquired by Northrop Grumman on June 6, 2018. The former Orbital ATK operations were renamed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and operated as a division until January 1, 2020, when a reorganization merged the operations into the company's other divisions.

History

A merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was announced on April 29, 2014. The two companies had collaborated on several previous projects, including the use of 400 ATK rocket motors in Orbital's launch vehicles.

type	Public
industry	Aerospace, Defense
fate	Acquired by Northrop Grumman
predecessors	Alliant Techsystems Orbital Sciences Corporation
founded	February 9, 2015
defunct	June 6, 2018
hq location city	Dulles, Virginia
hq location country	United States
key people	David W. Thompson (President and CEO)
revenue	US$1,348 million
revenue year	2017
net income	US$61.2 million
net income year	2017
assets	US$2,542 million
assets year	2017
equity	US$2,045 million
equity year	2017
num employees	13,900
num employees year	2017
homepage	orbitalatk.com (Archived)
footnotes	Financials as of December 31, 2017 (final fiscal year end) References:‡R1R‡

History

Organization

Flight Systems Group

Defense Systems Group

Space Systems Group

Products

Rockets

Rocket engines

Spacecraft

Munitions

Firearms

See also

References