ATK Awarded $17.6 Million Contract To Build Arrow II Rocket Motor Components

MISSILE NEWS

Minneapolis - Jun 04, 2003
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a $17.6 million contract by Boeing Air and Missile Defense Systems, Huntsville, Ala., to facilitize and qualify manufacturing processes for components of the Israeli Arrow II interceptor.

Boeing is currently operating under a pre-production contract with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in preparation for a follow-on production contract in 2003.

Boeing has teamed with ATK to build composite case and nozzle components. Specific components supplied by ATK include filament-wound first-stage and second-stage rocket motor cases and electrical cabling, first-stage nozzle components and propellant materials, as well as a metallic skirt and interstage parts.

Managed by ATK Composites, Clearfield, Utah, manufacturing operations will be performed at the company's Southern Composites Center in Iuka, Miss. And Utah Composites Center in Clearfield.

"In support of the Arrow program we will be complementing our existing world-class production facility with additional processes and technologies," said Travis Campbell, president, ATK Composites.

"We are pleased to be teamed with Boeing and IAI in this endeavor and together we look forward to the additional jobs this program will bring to the Mississippi area."

ATK Composites - the largest producer of filament-wound and fiber-placed structures in the U.S. - has revolutionized the composites industry through 40 years of innovation and manufacturing excellence. The company produces structures and materials for space launch vehicles, commercial and military aircraft, and missile defense systems.

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