Feature Stories

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...

Orbital ATK recently presented its Outstanding Leadership Award to three individuals – one each from the Flight, Defense and Space Systems Groups – who exemplified outstanding leadership and personal commitment during the company’s first year. Each of...

Recently, NASA astronaut and Naval Captain Barry “Butch” Wilmore visited Orbital ATK’s Propulsion Systems Bacchus facilities in Utah. Captain Wilmore returned to Earth in March after commanding the International Space Station for six months, and has...

Orbital ATK is dedicated to supporting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in our local communities and inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists who will make new scientific discoveries and build new technologies...

Data retrieved from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which was designed and built by Orbital ATK, reveals the first clues into the bright spots and origins of Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt. The data fueled two new studies published in the ...

Orbital ATK, NASA and Virginia Space held an event at Wallops Flight Facility December 17 showing members of the media the status of the Antares program and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A.

The holiday season serves as a reminder that Orbital ATK employees live our corporate values, supporting our country, America's servicemen and women and the local communities where we live and work. This year company employees gave generously to help...

December 8, 2015 - Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe visited the Dulles Campus where he conducted a town hall meeting with employees and toured the campus with senior management. During the town hall, the Governor discussed economic development,...

In 1991, the world watched Operation Desert Storm unfold on TV. Each night, the evening news played grainy black and white videos of precision munitions discreetly selecting military targets, and deftly bypassing civilians, changing the world’s...