ATK Will Lead Vehicle Development, Vehicle Assembly,
Integration and Test, and Launch and Landing Site Operations
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) and Alliant Techsystems have announced
that ATK will become the lead contractor for RpK's K-1 launch
vehicle, which was recently awarded a Space Act Agreement by NASA
for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
The K-1 is a fully reusable space transportation system designed to
provide cost-effective and reliable transport of cargo and science
payloads to and from the International Space Station (ISS).