Ball Packaging Office Center

Founded in 1956, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation specializes in the development of advanced technology products for defense, civil and commercial customers. The company provides spacecraft, satellites, tactical instruments, antennas and microwave systems, and space-based instruments and sensors. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation also offers engineering and testing services. It supports space and earth science, exploration, national security and intelligence programs. The company has annual sales revenue of more than $700 million and employs a work force of over 2,500 staff members. It serves agencies, such as the NASA, Department of Defense, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation is a subsidiary of Ball Corporation, which is a company that provides metal and plastic packaging solutions for beverages, foods and household products.

Ball Corporation is a provider of metal and plastic packaging, primarily for beverages and foods, aerospace and other technologies and services to commercial and governmental customers. Founded in 1880, the company employs more than 13,200 people in 75 locations worldwide. During its 125 years of existence, Ball has grown from a small producer of wooden-jacketed tin cans to an international manufacturing company with a cutting edge aerospace business. Ball is recognized throughout the world for its metal and PET plastic food and beverage containers, and for its leading aerospace technology products and services. Based in Boulder, Colo., Ball Aerospace develops technologies for defense, civil and commercial purposes that include full satellite systems and space missions; instruments and sensors; antennas and components; and a variety of space-qualified subsystems. R. David Hoover has been the chief executive officer of Ball for more than five years. He has been with the materials company for over 36 years. Hoover earned a BA degree from DePauw University, and a MBA from Indiana University. Ball Corporation is based in Broomfield, Colo.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a range of technology systems for national security, civil and commercial customers. It offers products, such as human space flight systems. The company also provides a variety of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communication satellites and instruments. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company additionally offers fleet ballistic missiles, defense systems and interplanetary spacecraft. The company provides launch services in joint venture with The Boeing Company for the Department of Defense, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Reconnaissance Office. It is a part of Lockheed Martin Corporation, which is a global security company.