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Orbital ATK Wants Air Force To Sell Off Excess ICBM Motors

Orbital ATK Wants Air Force To Sell Off Excess ICBM Motors
Orbital ATK's Minotaur IV launch vehicle. Photo: Air Force.

Orbital ATK [OA] wants the Air Force to make its roughly 1,000 excess ICBM motors available for purchase and use in commercial launches.Orbital ATK Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Flight Systems Mark Pieczynski told Defense Daily Thursday the company would potentially use the motors in its Minotaur launch vehicle, which is currently restricted by law to using these excess motors for Defense Department flights. He said Orbital ATK would use these engines in Minotaur to compete for…

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