Manufacturer catalog

Alliant Techsystems

Alliant Techsystems, usually abbreviated ATK, was a U.S. aerospace, defense, and ammunition contractor formed from Honeywell's 1990 spin-off and later folded into Orbital ATK and Northrop Grumman. In this catalog it anchors the legacy manufacturing line behind the M136 AT4 and ATK-era defense production.

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Alliant Techsystems was formed in 1990 when Honeywell spun off defense-related businesses into a separate company. By its 2014 SEC filing, ATK described itself as an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

For this catalog, ATK matters because it is the legacy manufacturer facet behind the catalog's M136 AT4 entry and because its corporate line continued through Orbital ATK and eventually Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.

AmmunitionInfantry weaponsRocket motorsMissile propulsionDefense systems

Notable Systems

M136 AT4, Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weapon, Infantry Weapons

M136 AT4

Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weapon

The catalog's M136 AT4 entry is the current weapon record tied to this legacy builder facet.

Ammunition

ATK's SEC filings describe the company as a major producer of military ammunition for U.S. government, allied, law-enforcement, and commercial customers.

Sources: ATK 2014 Form 10-K

Solid rocket motors

ATK's aerospace and defense businesses included propulsion work and rocket-motor production that carried forward into the Orbital ATK successor line.

Sources: ATK 2014 Form 10-K, Orbital ATK 2015 Form 10-K, Orbital ATK acquisition information

Manufacturer History

  1. ATK incorporated

    SEC filings state that Alliant Techsystems was incorporated in May 1990 as a Delaware corporation tied to Honeywell's defense-business spin-off.

    Sources: ATK 2001 Form 10-K

  2. Honeywell spin-off completed

    The same SEC history says the spin-off became effective in September 1990 when Honeywell transferred the relevant assets and liabilities to ATK.

    Sources: ATK 2001 Form 10-K

  3. Orbital ATK name change

    Orbital ATK's 2015 filing says the combined company was formerly Alliant Techsystems Inc. and changed its name to Orbital ATK after the spin-off and merger.

    Sources: Orbital ATK 2015 Form 10-K

  4. Northrop Grumman acquisition completed

    Northrop Grumman says it completed the acquisition of Orbital ATK on 6 June 2018, extending the legacy ATK line into Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.

    Sources: Orbital ATK acquisition information

Predecessors
Honeywell Inc.
Successors
Orbital ATKNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Website links
ATK 2014 Form 10-KOrbital ATK 2015 Form 10-KOrbital ATK acquisition information

ATK is a legacy builder name with a short corporate life and multiple successor names, so this profile uses SEC filings plus Northrop Grumman successor material to preserve the company line. No live official ATK corporate website was verified during research, so the historical domain is retained in the website field for continuity.

Manufacturer Sources

  • ATK 2001 Form 10-KPublisher: SEC.gov | Note: Supports ATK's May 1990 incorporation as a Honeywell spin-off and the September 1990 transfer/distribution of the business. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ATK 2014 Form 10-KPublisher: SEC.gov | Note: Supports ATK's aerospace, defense, and commercial-products business description, Arlington headquarters, and military ammunition and propulsion business lines. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Orbital ATK 2015 Form 10-KPublisher: SEC.gov | Note: Supports the February 9, 2015 rename from Alliant Techsystems Inc. to Orbital ATK after the spin-off and merger, plus the successor company's Dulles headquarters. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Orbital ATK acquisition informationPublisher: Northrop Grumman | Note: Supports the 6 June 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK and the Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems successor context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ATK Alliant Techsystems logo.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and licensing context for the public-domain ATK text logo used on this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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M136 AT4, Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weapon, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2003 Iraq War +3 moreM136 AT4Disposable shoulder-fired light anti-armor recoilless weaponBuilt in: Sweden / United StatesThe M136 AT4 is the U.S. designation for an Americanized Saab AT4, a single-shot 84 mm shoulder-fired anti-armor weapon issued as a disposable launch tube. It gives infantry a lightweight close-range option against light armor, bunkers, gun positions, and buildings, while the wider AT4CS family adds confined-space variants for different target effects. Ukraine has received AT-4 systems through U.S. security assistance during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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CBU-87 cluster munition, Air-delivered cluster munition, Munitions1990 Gulf War, 1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force +2 moreCBU-87 cluster munitionAir-delivered cluster munitionBuilt in: United StatesThe CBU-87 cluster munition is a U.S. air-delivered Combined Effects Munition built around the SUU-65/B Tactical Munitions Dispenser and 202 BLU-97/B bomblets. It saw documented U.S. or NATO use in the 1990 Gulf War, Operation Allied Force, Afghanistan, and the 2003 Iraq War, while the related CBU-103/B added a Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser tail kit to the same CEM body.
CBU-89 Gator mine, Air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition, Munitions1990 Gulf WarCBU-89 Gator mineAir-delivered scatterable mine cluster munitionBuilt in: United StatesThe CBU-89 Gator mine is a U.S. Air Force air-delivered scatterable mine cluster munition that uses the SUU-64/B Tactical Munitions Dispenser to lay mixed antitank and antipersonnel minefields. GAO and Human Rights Watch sources document its 1990 Gulf War employment, while reference sources describe a 1,000-pound-class weapon carrying 72 BLU-91/B antitank mines, 22 BLU-92/B antipersonnel mines, and an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor.
LUU-2 illuminating flare, air-launched illumination flare, Munitions1955 Vietnam War, 1990 Gulf War +1 moreLUU-2 illuminating flareair-launched illumination flareBuilt in: United States / CanadaThe LUU-2 illuminating flare is a U.S.-origin, air-launched parachute flare family used for visible nighttime illumination from aircraft. Air Force manuals describe LUU-2/B and LUU-2A/B flares as 36-inch, roughly five-minute, 2-million-candlepower stores, U.S. procurement records describe later LUU-2D/B construction, and Magellan Aerospace manufactures LUU-2 flares in Winnipeg for Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue use.