Alliant Techsystems Awarded $26 Million Contract to Develop and Manufacture Space Threat Assessment Testbed System

Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a $26.1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center for the design, fabrication, installation and testing of the Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) System. STAT will create a realistic space environment to perform developmental and early operational testing of space hardware for the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office and other federal agencies.