500th rocket compenent for Iuka

Orbital ATK announced that its Iuka, Miss., manufacturing plant had produced its 500th large composite rocket structure for United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicles. Since the Large Structure Center of Excellence manufacturing plant was establishment 18 years ago, it has produced 68 Atlas V, 28 Delta II and 404 Delta IV large composite structures across 106 ULA launches. The 500th structure is a boat tail manufactured for a ULA Atlas V launch vehicle. Iuka facility workers “should all be proud of their contributions to ULA, the U.S. Air Force and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.” said Steve Earl, VP/GM of Orbital ATK’s Aerospace Structures Division. (Source: Orbital ATK 04/21/16)