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Article: ATK Receives NASA Contract Extension for Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors.
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- February 18, 2008
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Contract Extends Production through Shuttle Retirement
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems received a contract modification from NASA valued at $812.5 million for the continued production and refurbishment of four-segment reusable solid rocket motors (RSRM) for the space shuttle program.
The modified contract covers the production and refurbishment of flight and ground-test RSRMs.
"ATK's solid rocket motors prove their reliability and performance on each space shuttle mission," said Ron Dittemore, president, ATK Launch Systems. "With this contract extension we will continue to support NASA and the space shuttle ...