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ATK Helps Air National Guard Rush "Scathe View" Technology into Service to Aid in Search and Rescue Efforts Along Gulf Coast

Powerful Eye-in-the-sky Gives Rescuers the Optical Imagery They Need to Save Lives

Sep 9, 2005

Minneapolis, September 9, 2005 – Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and the Air National Guard worked in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina to use "Scathe View" technology to assist Air National Guard search and rescue (SAR) missions.

Scathe View provides mission specialists with powerful real-time imagery of events on the ground both day and night via electro-optical and infrared sensors mounted on military aircraft. The sensors provide video imagery that is received on ground based display systems for real-time situation analysis.

The Scathe View technology was originally developed in conjunction with the Air Force to perform military missions but was rapidly converted to search and rescue and aerial mapping missions as the scale of the disaster along the Gulf Coast unfolded. ATK technicians installed new hardware and software at ATK’s Integrated Systems facility at Meacham Airport in Ft. Worth, Texas as well as on site at the Nevada’s Air National Guard facility in Reno, Nevada. The Scathe View system continues to provide aircrews with the best imaging possible to help them determine how they can optimize both their humanitarian search and rescue and military operational missions. ATK is the Mission System Integrator for the Scathe View System and has been providing around the clock support of the Air National Guard’s humanitarian missions.

ATK is a $3.1 billion advanced weapon and space systems company employing approximately 14,500 people in 23 states. News and information can be found on the Internet at www.atk.com.

Certain information discussed in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although ATK believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Among those factors are: changes in governmental spending, budgetary policies and product sourcing strategies; the company's competitive environment; the terms and timing of awards and contracts; and economic conditions. ATK undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For further information on factors that could impact ATK, and statements contained herein, reference should be made to ATK’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.