Article: Alliant Techsystems Selected to Produce Small-Caliber Ammunition and Operate Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.

Production Contract Expected to Generate $1 Billion in Sales Over Next 10

Years

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) said it has been awarded a firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command (IOC), Rock Island, Ill., to supply the Army's requirements for small-caliber ammunition over the next 10 years. The contract is expected to generate total sales of approximately $1 billion, with annual revenues averaging approximately $100 million during the period.

ATK also will operate the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., the Army's only small-caliber ammunition production ...

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