ATK Provides a Line-up of Solid Rocket Launch Vehicles
Alliant Techsystems was awarded a Sounding Rocket Program Three (SRP-3) contract with potential value of $250 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide launch
vehicles and engineering and integration services for intercept systems and
atmospheric sounding Rocket experiments. These systems help ensure readiness
to mitigate missile threats against the United States, its deployed forces,
and allies.The SRP-3 is a seven-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ)
sounding Rocket contract, that builds on two previous IDIQ efforts (SRP-1 &
-2). The Sounding Rocket Program provides low-cost sub-orbital ballistic
launches that support experiments, payloads, and targets for the Air Force,
other U.S. Department of Defense agencies and NASA using existing motor
assets. ATK has provided government-supplied and commercial motors for targets used
in missile defense testing and sounding rockets for research for over five
decades. ATK produces the world's largest line-up of solid Rocket motors,
including CASTOR® IV, CASTOR® 120, and Orion motors along with
manufacturing the M55A1, M57, SR-118, and SR-120 used in prior sounding
rocket programs. 'ATK's motors have ensured success on hundreds of missions,' said Kent
Rominger, ATK vice president of Advanced Programs. 'We plan to add to that
record of success while increasing value to the customer through integration
and flight operations on the sounding Rocket program contract.' Over the past ten years, ATK's team has supported 71 launch vehicles and
missile missions. The SRP-3 team includes ATK members from Salt Lake City and
Woodland Hills, Calif., and Miltec, a Ducommun Company, out of Huntsville,
Ala. The Air Force's Space and Missile Center, Space Development and Test Wing at
Kirtland AFB, NM, will administer the program. ATK also has another continued
contract with the Space Development and Test Wing as the lead for aging and
surveillance of Minuteman II and Peacekeeper motors. |
