Funding for Orion Launch Abort System To Cease April 30, Space News
"Orbital Sciences Corp. is warning subcontractors supporting development of a launch abort system for NASA's Orion crew capsule that funding for the effort will cease April 30, according to industry sources and documents. In an April 20 letter to Minneapolis-based Alliant TechSystems (ATK), one of two companies developing motors for the Orion Launch Abort System, Orbital said Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Denver would restrict funding for the effort by the end of April."
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