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ATK PLN
ATK may refer to: Companies *Alliant Techsystems, an American aerospace, defense, and sporting goods company, now part of Northrop Grumman *ATK motorcycles, an off-road motorcycle manufacturer *A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm *ATK Thiokol, or ATK Launch Systems Group, former names of Thiokol, an aerospace, defense and commercial products company, later part of Orbital ATK Software *Accessibility Toolkit, a GNOME API for developing accessible applications *''Andrew Toolkit'', part of the Andrew Project used to create and distribute documents *Atomistix ToolKit, software for atomic-scale modeling Sports *ATK (football club), Indian football club active from 2014 to 2020 Other uses *Arachidonyl trifluoromethyl ketone, an analog of arachidonic acid *Aboriginal traditional knowledge, cultural knowledge of aboriginal peoples *''America's Test Kitchen'', a cooking show on PBS *Arbetstidsförkortning, a system of additional leave entitlement in Sweden *Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliant Techsystems
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was an American Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and arms industry, arms manufacturer headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The company operated across 22 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. ATK revenue in fiscal year 2014 was about US$4.8 billion. On April 29, 2014, ATK announced that it would spin off its Sporting Group and merge its Aerospace and Defense Groups with Orbital Sciences Corporation. The spinoff of the Sporting Group to create Vista Outdoor and the merger leading to the creation of Orbital ATK were completed on February 9, 2015. The companies began operations as separate entities on February 20, 2015. Orbital ATK was bought by Northrop Grumman in 2018. History ATK was launched as an independent company in 1990 after Honeywell spun off its defense businesses to shareholders. The former Honeywell businesses had supplied defense products and systems to the U.S. and its allies for 50 years, including the first electronic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATK Thiokol
Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek language, Greek words for sulfur () and glue (), an allusion to the company's initial product, Thiokol (polymer), Thiokol polymer. The Thiokol Chemical Company was founded in 1929. Its initial business was a range of synthetic rubber and polymer sealants. Thiokol was a major supplier of liquid polymer sealants during World War II. When scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that Thiokol's polymers made ideal binders for solid rocket fuels, Thiokol moved into the new field, opening laboratories at Elkton, Maryland, and later production facilities at Elkton and at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville produced the XM33 Pollux, TX-18 Falcon, and Project Nike#Nike Zeus, TX-135 Nike-Zeus systems. It closed in 1996. In the mid-1950s the company bought extensive lands in Utah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
