July 12, 2018
Orbital ATK Inc. and affiliate Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC have reached an agreement with Heckler & Koch GmbH to end their $27 million suit involving a rescinded U.S. Army weapons contract, with a Minnesota federal judge dismissing the case Thursday.
January 24, 2018
Heckler & Koch must cough up documents to Orbital ATK as part of a subcontracting dispute involving a rescinded U.S. Army weapons contract, a Minnesota federal magistrate judge ruled on Tuesday, after Orbital accused the German gun maker of deliberately dragging its feet.
January 09, 2018
Orbital ATK asked a Minnesota federal court Monday to force Heckler & Koch GmbH to cough up documents in its $27 million lawsuit over a U.S. Army contract dispute, arguing the German weapons giant is intentionally trying to slow the case down while it appeals a partial arbitration denial to the Eighth Circuit.
November 06, 2017
A federal judge on Monday declined to halt a $27 million lawsuit brought by U.S. defense contractor Orbital ATK Inc. over a U.S. Army contract dispute, finding that a magistrate judge did not clearly err when he denied Heckler & Koch GmbH's efforts to pause the case pending an Eighth Circuit appeal.
October 10, 2017
U.S. defense contractor Orbital ATK Inc.'s $27 million dispute with Heckler & Koch GmbH over a U.S. Army contract won't be paused while the German arms manufacturer appeals to the Eighth Circuit in an effort to have the case arbitrated, a Minnesota federal magistrate judge has said.
October 02, 2017
U.S. defense contractor Orbital ATK Inc. on Friday urged a Minnesota federal judge not to stay its contract dispute with a German small arms manufacturer pending the latter’s appeal to have the case arbitrated, arguing that the federal court still retains jurisdiction as the German company hasn’t demonstrated how it might suffer should the $27 million contract suit continue.
September 11, 2017
A German small arms manufacturer partially won its bid to make Orbital ATK Inc. arbitrate a $27 million suit over the German company's alleged failure to deliver weapons under a U.S. Army subcontract Friday, as a Minnesota federal judge said one claim could go to arbitration.
July 07, 2017
A German small arms manufacturer doubled down on its bid for a Minnesota federal court to toss a $27 million suit over the company's alleged failure to deliver weapons under a U.S. Army subcontract, arguing Thursday that the subcontract is "intertwined" with another agreement that calls for arbitration.
June 23, 2017
Aerospace and defense company Orbital ATK Inc. on Thursday slammed a German small arms manufacturer's bid to arbitrate a $27 million suit over the manufacturer's alleged failure to deliver weapons under a U.S. Army subcontract, arguing the German company is citing an arbitration clause from a separate agreement.
May 16, 2017
A German small arms manufacturer asked a Minnesota federal court Monday to shoot down a $27 million suit over the company's alleged failure to deliver weapons under a U.S. Army subcontract, arguing the dispute belongs in arbitration.