ATK plans to hire 70

Agreements that Alliant Techsystems recently signed will create 70 jobs in Brevard County during the next few months.

ATK is prime contractor for the first-stage of NASA's Ares I launch vehicle.

In addition to its offices at Kennedy Space Center, ATK will expand into space at Port Canaveral and in Titusville, the company said in a statement today.

ATK was recently sued by prime shuttle contractor United Space Alliance for luring its employees away.

The work to be performed in Titusville was previously scheduled to be performed in Utah at ATK's Promontory facility. The first Ares I-X test vehicle is scheduled to launch in 2009.

ATK has more than 17,000 employees in 21 states and approximately $4.6 billion in revenue.