Technology and the Internet
Alliant Techsystems Inc., the largest maker of rocket motors and small-caliber ammunition for the U.S. military, said Monday that it agreed to buy satellite-components maker PSI Group to gain more business in space technology.
July 13, 2004
Business
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. and Alliant Techsystems Inc., the largest supplier of ammunition and rocket motors to the U.S. military, are developing an anti-artillery weapon for use in Iraq.
May 6, 2005
Merger of Ammunition Makers Blocked: The Federal Trade Commission sought a court order to halt the merger of the only two manufacturers of certain types of ammunition used by the Defense Department for the Abrams tank and Apache helicopter.
Nov. 7, 1992
Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Oct. 29, 1994
Alliant Techsystems Acquires Aerospace Businesses: The company, one of the nation’s largest munitions makers, said it will buy Hercules Inc.’
July 13, 1994
Alcoa Inc., the world’s largest producer of aluminum, said it is selling its rocket propulsion systems operation to aerospace and ammunitions company Alliant Techsystems Inc. for $685 million in cash.
Feb. 1, 2001
Hercules Inc. announced Friday it will settle a decade-old whistleblower’s lawsuit for $55 million, avoiding trial over allegations its nuclear rocket inspection system was riddled with flaws.
May 17, 1998
Hughes Electronics Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to purchase the torpedo and military sonar businesses of Alliant Techsystems Inc. for $141 million in cash.
Dec. 24, 1996
Alliant Techsystems and Orbital Sciences are latest to unite as industry’s future dims.
April 29, 2014
World & Nation
Striking workers at Minnetonka, Minn.-based Alliant Techsystems Inc.’
Feb. 16, 1991