ATK partners with NASA

ATK Space Systems and NASA have announced an unfunded partnership agreement to support core technologies for space logistics, payloads and space transportation. ATK will also be joined by SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Final Frontier Design as part of a ‘Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities’ (CCSC) initiative to bring new space technologies to market in five years. The Space Act Agreement (SAA) allows ATK’s Space Systems division and NASA to collaborate on technologies and new product development. SAA allows ATK and NASA to develop solutions that support NASA’s 2014 Strategic Plan to advance commercial space efforts, said Tom Wilson, VP/GM of ATK’s Space Systems division. (Source: ATK, 12/23/14) Central Mississippi Note: ATK is an aerospace and defense firm operating in 21 states including a machining and testing equipment site for ATK’s Aerospace Structures division at Iuka, Miss. ATK’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., supports NASA’s new Space Launch Program.