Alliant Techsystems
E175054
Alliant Techsystems was a major American aerospace, defense, and sporting ammunition company known for producing rockets, munitions, and related military and space systems.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alliant Techsystems canonical | 4 |
| ATK Thiokol | 2 |
| Alliant Techsystems (ATK) | 2 |
| ATK Aerospace | 1 |
| ATK Defense | 1 |
| ATK Launch Systems | 1 |
| NYSE:ATK | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1523664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alliant Techsystems Context triple: [Thiokol, laterPartOf, Alliant Techsystems]
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A.
General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a major American aerospace and defense corporation known for developing advanced military systems, including missiles, submarines, and combat vehicles.
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B.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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E.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alliant Techsystems Target entity description: Alliant Techsystems was a major American aerospace, defense, and sporting ammunition company known for producing rockets, munitions, and related military and space systems.
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A.
General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a major American aerospace and defense corporation known for developing advanced military systems, including missiles, submarines, and combat vehicles.
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B.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a major American aerospace and defense company known for designing and producing advanced military aircraft, missiles, and space systems.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
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E.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
ammunition manufacturer ⓘ defense contractor ⓘ |
| acquired |
Blazer ammunition brand
ⓘ
CCI (Cascade Cartridge Inc.) ⓘ Federal Cartridge Company ⓘ Hercules Aerospace operations ⓘ Speer Bullets ⓘ Thiokol Propulsion business ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defunctDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| division |
Alliant Techsystems
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ATK Aerospace
Alliant Techsystems self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
ATK Defense
ATK Sporting ⓘ |
| founded | 1990 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Honeywell spin‑off ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Arden Hills, Minnesota
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
defense ⓘ space systems ⓘ sporting ammunition ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
space launch systems
ⓘ
space shuttle solid rocket boosters ⓘ strategic missile programs ⓘ tactical missile programs ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
NASA
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| mergedWith | Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ |
| mergerDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| ownedBrand |
Blazer
ⓘ
CCI ⓘ Federal Premium ⓘ Speer Bullets ⓘ
surface form:
Speer
|
| product |
composite structures
ⓘ
missiles ⓘ munitions ⓘ propulsion systems ⓘ rocket motors ⓘ rockets ⓘ satellite components ⓘ small arms ammunition ⓘ space systems ⓘ sporting ammunition ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
civilian shooting sports
ⓘ
commercial aerospace ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ military ⓘ |
| spinoffDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| spunOff | Vista Outdoor ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
Orbital Sciences Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Orbital ATK
|
| tradedAs |
Alliant Techsystems
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NYSE:ATK
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Alliant Techsystems Description of subject: Alliant Techsystems was a major American aerospace, defense, and sporting ammunition company known for producing rockets, munitions, and related military and space systems.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ATK Launch Systems
this entity surface form:
Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
this entity surface form:
ATK Thiokol
this entity surface form:
Alliant Techsystems (ATK)
this entity surface form:
NYSE:ATK
this entity surface form:
ATK Aerospace
this entity surface form:
ATK Defense
this entity surface form:
ATK Thiokol
subject surface form:
M242 Bushmaster