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DETROIT — The auto industry, fed up with slow progress toward finding out why some air bags explode with too much force, has hired a Virginia rocket-science company to investigate the matter.
Ten automakers whose vehicles have been recalled because of problems with Takata Corp. air bags said Thursday they have jointly hired Orbital ATK to figure out the problem. The Dulles, Va., company makes rocket-propulsion systems, small-arms ammunition, warhead fuses and missile controls.
Air bags inflators made by Takata of Japan can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into car and truck cabins. At least six people have been killed and 64 injured because of the problems, which surfaced a decade ago.
