Article: ATK Awarded Contracts Worth $75 Million to Produce Small-Caliber Ammunition; Production at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Is at Highest Level in 16 Years.

ATK (Alliant Techsystems) , the nation's largest manufacturer of ammunition, has been awarded contract modifications worth $75 million to produce additional small-caliber ammunition to meet Department of Defense training and war reserve requirements.

The contract modifications from the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command in Rock Island, Ill. are additions to a one-year production contract awarded earlier this year, which represented the fifth annual procurement under a ten- year basic contract. The modifications bring the total value of small-caliber ammunition orders awarded under the annual procurement to $264 million.

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