2010 Top 100
93: Orbital Sciences Corp.
| Top 100 Revenue: | $192,467,905 |
| Defense Revenue: | $119,941,395 |
| Civilian Revenue: | $72,526,510 |
| 2009 Revenue: | $1.1 billion |
| 2009 Earnings: | $36.6 million |
| 2008 Revenue: | $1.2 billion |
| 2008 Earnings: | $61.3 million |
| Number of employees: | 3600 |
| Headquarters: | Dulles, Va. |
| Website: | http://www.orbital.com |
| Leadership: | David W. Thompson, chairman and CEO |
| Ticker: | ORB |
| Lines of business: | Space launch vehicles, missile defense systems, satellites and related systems, advanced space systems and space technical services |
| Major customers: | NASA, Air Force, Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Energy Department |
| Major contracts/projects: | Orbital Sciences was awarded a contract in April 2010 by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for a spacecraft and airborne system support services contract valued at approximately $95 million over a five-year period. The contract was won by Orbital’s Technical Services Division, which is part of the company’s Space Systems Group. The work involves conducting prototype spacecraft and airborne system and subsystem research, analysis and development, as well as integration, testing, and data processing and documentation activities. |