ATAC history

1980 25 years later, opening of the second metro line: Line A, connecting Ottaviano to Cinecittà

In 1982, the Docks de France group built and tested the first store under the name of Atac.

By 1983, ATAC had 95 employees and offices in Washington, DC and San Diego, as well as onsite technical representatives at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California; Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida; and the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia.

In 1985, after the success of the first Atac store, the group embarked on the construction of a network of this brand, respecting the specifications.

1990 Inauguration of a new section of Metro Line B between the stations Termini and Rebibbia

Since its inception in 1994, ATAC has been the leader setting standards in the contracted air services and adversary air industry.

In 1996, the Auchan Group took over the Docks de France group, and former supermarket outlets, such as Super-Market and Suma Doc, were rebranded.

In late 1997, VORTEX began flying the Drakens on simulated missile profiles supporting joint United States exercises.

In 1998, the ATAC Group, a sibling of the Auchan Group, was created.

1999 Opening of a new section of Metro Line A between the stations Ottaviano and Valle Aurelia, extended to the station Battistini a year later

ATAC established its home base at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in early 2002, commencing operations under NAVAIR's newly awarded contract in May.

The first Mk-58 Hawker Hunter arrived at ATAC in 2003.

ATAC won the contract with 2 Drakens and 1 Kfir, but the Drakens left ATAC service in 2004 as more KFIRs were added to the inventory.

ATAC began operating out of NAF Atsugi, Japan in 2006, with two Hunters permanently based there and the personnel, pilots and maintenance crews travelling to Japan for scheduled training and exercises.

In 2008, ATAC began leasing A-4L and A-4N from A4LLC Company and ATSI. ATAC added the air-to-ground mission with the A4's this year in response to urgent requests for Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training for the Marines and Navy.

In 2009, the transformation of most Atac supermarkets in France to Simply Market began.

2010 Merger of the former companies Trambus (surface service operator) and Met.Ro. (metro and regional rail service operator) into Atac S.p.A., that becomes the main public transport company of the Capital

ATAC flew its first revenue flight in November 2011 initially using leased aircraft and soon two company-owned specialized Air to Ground and NVG-capable L-39ZA Albatros aircraft.

2012 The first section of the new Metro Line B1 branch enters service between the stations Bologna and Conca d'Oro

2015 In June, opening of the new Metro Line C: first driverless metro of the Capital

In 2016 Textron Inc. purchased ATAC.

In October 2018 the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Adversary Center of Excellence took place at the Alliance Field airport in Fort Worth, Texas.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the Adversary Center of Excellence at Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, Texas occurred in September of 2019.