Article: ATK Awarded $77 Million Contract for Tank Ammunition Training Rounds.

MINNEAPOLIS, March 1 /PRNewswire/ --

ATK (NYSE: ATK) (Alliant Techsystems) said it has been awarded a contract valued at $77 million from the U.S. Army Operations Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., for 120mm training ammunition to be used by the Army's M1A1/A2 Abrams main battle tank. The total includes $5 million for refurbishment of the ammunition's storage containers.

The award represents the third annual procurement under a five-year basic contract received in 1999. Deliveries under the contract are slated to begin in October 2001 and continue through October 2002.

The contract is managed by ATK Ammunition Systems Company, New Brighton, ...

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