ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. --- Alliant Techsystems is opening two new high-tech composite manufacturing facilities at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) in Rocket Center, West Virginia. The West Virginia Advanced Filament Winding Facility will be home to ATK's new composite rotor tube manufacturing operations in support of United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Inc. The facility is designed to support USEC's American Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Technology Program. The Mountain State Ceramic Matrix Composites Manufacturing Center will expand ATK's capacity to produce lightweight composite aircraft parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other high performance military applications.
"The Allegany Ballistics Laboratory has become a national asset for the production of critical military systems including Ammunition, Guided Weapons, Precision Fuzing, Tactical Propulsion, and Advanced Composites. Soon, we will be producing composite cases for the nuclear industry, vital to our Navy and to the nation," said Jack Cronin, President of ATK Mission Systems Group. "The pair of new manufacturing facilities are expected to enter production by 2009. ATK expects the new operations will bring more than 200 new jobs to Mineral County.
ATK is a premier aerospace and defense company with more than 17,000 employees in 21 states and approximately $4.6 billion in revenue.
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ATK Poised to Enter Resurgent U.S. Nuclear Power Industry With New Composite Rotor Tube Manufacturing Facility in West Virginia
