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Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers.
The spinoff was immediately followed by an all-stock merger of ATK's Aerospace and Defense Groups with Orbital Sciences; Orbital shareholders received ATK common stock as consideration. The combined company was named Orbital ATK Inc. [ 7 ] On October 28, 2014, ATK announced that it would be seeking approval of issuance of shares to Orbital ...
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A merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems (ATK) was announced on April 29, 2014. The two companies had collaborated on several previous projects, including the use of 400 ATK rocket motors in Orbital's launch vehicles. [3] The deal officially closed on February 9, 2015.
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, rocket and space system manufacturer Orbital Sciences (NYS ...
The 10-second takeawayFor the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Orbital Sciences missed estimates on revenues and crushed expectations on earnings per share. Orbital Sciences Crushes Earnings Estimates ...
Margins matter. The more Orbital Sciences (NYS: ORB) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders.
1995: MDA was acquired by Orbital Sciences for $67 million in stock [20] 1996: acquired Iotek, a supplier of signal processing and sonar technology for military customers, for undisclosed sum [ 21 ] 2000: entered joint venture with LandAmerica Financial Group to create LandMDA, a provider of property reports to lenders [ 22 ]