More Layoffs at ATK's Solid-Rocket Plants

摘要

Solid-rocket motor builder Al-liant Techsystems (ATK) Aerospace of Magna, Utah, laid off 247 workers the week of May 17 as work winds down on NASA's space shuttle program and on a Minute-man ICBM-related contract.rnATK spokesman George Torres said the move, due mainly to the impending retirement of the space shuttle, was one of a series of planned layoffs that have reduced the Aerospace division's work force from 4,500 to 3,000 employees. He said that 450 employees were laid off earlier this year.