Article: ATK To Produce More Small-Caliber Ammunition, Increases Lake City Capacity.

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday announced it has received an additional $284 million in orders for the production of small-caliber ammunition.

In addition, the company received $46 million for plant modernization. The modernization work is part of ATK's ongoing partnership with the Army to update the facility, which has been in continuous production since 1941, with only a five-year hiatus between the end of World War II and the start of the Korean conflict.

The contracts were issued by the Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill.

ATK operates the Army's Lake City ammunition plant in Independence, Mo., where it produces a mix of ...

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