Thiokol Propulsion

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Signal; 8/1/2009; 1056 words; ...While maintaining a 3.7 GPA, he earned the ATK Thiokol Propulsion Space Award (first place) from his aerospace engineering...around the country at the highly competitive NASA Propulsion Academy in Huntsville, Alabama. Members of the AFCEA...

Canada blocks Alliant satellite plan; The Edina company's $1.33 billion deal to buy a Canadian satellite maker was a key part of its space-related strategy.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/11/2008; 1660 words; ...double the $685 million Alliant paid for rocket booster firm Thiokol in 2001, its second-largest deal. Loren Thompson, defense...in annual revenue from ammunition, missile, space rocket propulsion systems and satellite component contracts. MDA's business...

Now that's VERTICALLY INTEGRATED.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/9/2008; 1178 words; ...the $685 million it paid for rocket booster firm Thiokol in 2001. Alliant will gain 1,900 employees, about...companies for years. Date Company Business Price 2001 Thiokol Rocket propulsion $685 million 2002 Applied Technology GPS radar Undisclosed...

Alliant lands $1.8 billion NASA deal.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/11/2007; 701 words; ...for two years. The seven-year deal, to make the rocket propulsion system for the Ares I vehicle that will replace the space...be built by 2011. Alliant's rockets will be made at its Thiokol rocket booster plant in Utah. Alliant's stock closed Friday...

This festival is real gone, man
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/1/2007; 868 words; ...company was born. Calling itself Thiokol -- from Greek words for sulphur...scientists at Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that...binder. That discovery led Thiokol to take a giant leap. Although...gamble paid off, and in 1958, Thiokol was awarded a contract to build...