Orbital ATK

Orbital ATK was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company formed in February 2015 by the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems. The company produced launch vehicles, satellites, missiles, ammunition, precision-guided munitions, rocket motors, and the Cygnus spacecraft for ISS resupply before being acquired by Northrop Grumman on June 6, 2018 and rebranded as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.

Orbital ATK is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Aerospace, Defense, Launch Vehicles, Satellites, and Spacecraft.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Research Update: Orbital ATK Inc. (Formerly Allia

2026-05-25

Category: Press Releases

2026-05-25

Press Releases

2026-05-25

According to a press release issued this morning Northrop ...

2026-05-25

Northrop Grumman to Acquire Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion

2026-05-25

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aid: orbital-atk
name: Orbital ATK
description: Orbital ATK was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company formed in February 2015 by the
  merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and the defense and aerospace divisions of Alliant Techsystems. The company produced
  launch vehicles, satellites, missiles, ammunition, precision-guided munitions, rocket motors, and the Cygnus spacecraft
  for ISS resupply before being acquired by Northrop Grumman on June 6, 2018 and rebranded as Northrop Grumman Innovation
  Systems.
type: Index
accessModel:
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  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/orbital-atk.png
tags:
- Aerospace
- Defense
- Launch Vehicles
- Satellites
- Spacecraft
- Acquired
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/orbital-atk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atk
- type: Website
  url: https://www.orbital-atk.com
- type: Successor Company
  url: https://www.northropgrumman.com/
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ATK
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com