Quote Originally Posted by BC98 View Post
ATK does NOT own Federal nor run Lake City and hasn't for almost 5 years. Vista Outdoor owns Federal and Northrop Grumman purchased Orbital ATK almost a year ago and currently holds the management contract for Lake City.

Even when Lake City and Federal were owned by the the same parent company, there was very little, if any, cooperation between the two groups. Resources were not shared and neither was engineering or product development.
The world is changing fast and I'm a old fart that refuses to own a smart phone. I'm still waiting for the Pony Express to bring news about the merger.

Acquisition of Orbital ATK approved, company renamed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

https://spacenews.com/acquisition-of...ation-systems/

I'm 5 months behind on the merger between ATK and Northrop Grumman that was approved last September.
But you need to read the link below about ATK that is still up and running below.

Orbital ATK and Lake City Army Ammunition Plant: A Proud Heritage of Service

https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/features/orbital-atk-and-lake-city-army-ammunition-plant-a-proud-heritage-of-service



Did you ever notice that Federal 5.56 M193 ammo had a Lake City head stamp............"there was very little, if any, cooperation between the two groups".