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ATK Awarded $20 Million to Deliver Load-Bearing Vests for the U.S. Marine Corps

ATK Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Eagle Industries, to Produce Vests
Eagle Scalable Plate Carrier(TM) Lightens the Load for U.S. Marines

Aug 17, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received a $20 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps to produce Scalable Plate Carriers™ and components. The Scalable Plate Carriers™ (SPC) are scheduled for delivery by the end of January 2010, and will be produced by the company's recently acquired, wholly-owned subsidiary Eagle Industries.

The SPC, designed by Eagle Industries in 2008, maximizes Marines' agility, while relieving heat and weight stress due to carrying individual combat loads in arduous environments. The SPC's slim and highly adaptable configuration allows Marines to adjust the load to match ever-changing mission profiles. In Afghanistan, Marines are operating at higher altitudes and the SPC provides ballistic protection in that environment. The features of this system are specifically designed to lighten the Marine's load, increasing maneuverability, lethality, and survivability.

"ATK is working with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide mission-critical solutions for the courageous men and women who defend our freedom," said Mark DeYoung, ATK Senior Vice President and President Armament Systems. "We are constantly improving our existing products by developing new and innovative technologies, maintaining our quality standards, and providing the best value to military and law enforcement professionals around the world."

ATK is a premier aerospace and defense company with more than 18,000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico and internationally, and revenues of approximately $4.8 billion. 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: assumptions related to the production of load-carrying equipment, 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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