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ATK Receives $66 Million in Additional Small-Caliber Ammunition Orders

ATK on Pace to Produce More Than 1.3 Billion Rounds of Small-Caliber Ammunition in FY07

Sep 13, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK), the largest supplier of small-caliber ammunition to the United States military, has received approximately $66 million in additional small- caliber orders from the U.S. Army Field Service Command, Rock Island, Ill., since April 2006. ATK operates the U.S. Army's Lake City small-caliber ammunition plant in Independence, Mo., where it produces a mix of 5.56mm, 7.62mm, 50-caliber and various other small-caliber rounds.

ATK continues to expect FY07 small-caliber production in excess of 1.3 billion rounds. When ATK took over management of the Lake City facility in April 2000, the plant operated at a production rate of 350 million rounds per year.

"In partnership with the U.S. Army, ATK has pursued an aggressive plant expansion plan to meet the warfighter's needs," said Mark DeYoung, President, ATK Ammunition Systems Group. "We are executing this plan as scheduled."

ATK is a $3.4 billion advanced weapon and space systems company employing approximately 15,000 people in 22 states. News and information can be found on the Internet at http://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, please refer to ATK's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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