ATK has been tasked with using cost-effective materials and processes to solve technological challenges encountered in the development of the advanced booster requirements for NASA’s SLS Program. The company will develop a lithium-ion battery-powered electric thrust vector control system, high-performance propellant, lightweight composite rocket motor case and an advanced nozzle, all of which will undergo an integrated booster static test firing.

      “This program will not only demonstrate a higher-performing booster, it will verify our affordability initiatives, which are key to sustainability as we move forward,” ATK Space Launch Division Vice President and General Manager Charlie Precourt said in a statement. "Our advanced booster design incorporates innovations that deliver greater performance than current NASA requirements, while also providing higher reliability and lower costs.”