Orbital ATK

Orbital ATK completed production of the 5,000th composite part for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II at its Clearfield, Utah facility. The parts include wing skins, engine nacelles, access covers, and fixed skins.

Orbital ATK has been awarded a $24 million, three-year contract by Lockheed Martin to produce additional composite components, including bullnose and blade seals, for the F-35 Lightning II fighter. The parts will be manufactured at Orbital ATK's facility in Clearfield, Utah.

Northrop Grumman Corporation agreed to acquire Orbital ATK, Inc. for approximately $7.8 billion in cash plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in net debt, totaling $9.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018.

Orbital ATK was awarded a $157 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce Lot 6 for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), converting AGM-88B missiles into 230 AGM-88E AARGM All-Up-Rounds and six captive air training missiles.

Orbital ATK won an initial five-year, $90 million contract from Northrop Grumman to produce composite components for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Work will be performed at the Aerospace Structures Division facility in Dayton, Ohio.

EaglePicher Corporation was selected by Orbital ATK to produce a battery for the JPSS-2 spacecraft, in partnership with GS Yuasa Lithium Power, using Gen III LSE134 lithium-ion cells.