Ball Aerospace & Technologies

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., commonly Ball Aerospace, was an American manufacturer of spacecraft, components and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications.

Until 2024, the firm was a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation, with primary offices in Boulder, Colorado, and facilities in Broomfield and Westminster in Colorado, with smaller offices in New Mexico, Ohio, northern Virginia, Missouri and Maryland.

[2] Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956.

Other products and services for the aerospace industry include lubricants, optical systems, star trackers and antennas.

[5] On February 14, 2024 The companies announced that all regulatory approvals were in place to allow the deal to complete.