LOS ANGELES and ARLINGTON, Va., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ATK (ATK) announced today it has developed Liberty into a complete commercial crew transportation system, including the spacecraft, abort system, launch vehicle, and ground and mission operations, designed from inception to meet NASA’s human-rating requirements with a potential for the first test flight in 2014 and Liberty crewed flight in 2015. The company also announced Lockheed Martin (LMT) will provide support to the ATK and Astrium Liberty team as a major subcontractor on the project. “Our goal in providing Liberty is to build the safest and most robust system that provides the shortest time to operation using tested and proven human-rated components,” said Kent Rominger, vice president and program manager for Liberty. Continue reading →