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Orbital ATK Completes Expansion Of Northridge Facility

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

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Orbital ATK Completes Expansion Of Northridge Facility

AAR-47 Missile and Laser Warning System installed on AH-1S helicopters. Image: Orbital ATK.

Orbital ATK [OA] completed the expansion of its Northridge, Calif., facility to integrate its engineering and production of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System and Common Munition Bits Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) product lines, the company said Monday.The facility’s completion was announced at a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), customers, state officials, community leaders, and company employees.With the expansion of the Northridge facility, Orbital ATK moved its AAR-47 and CMBRE production lines from Clearwater, Fla., to the…

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