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ATK Expresses Sorrow Over Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy

Feb 1, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATK (NYSE:ATK) (Alliant Techsystems), issued the following statement in response to the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy.

As a long and proud member of the Space Shuttle team, ATK employees extend deepest sympathy to the astronauts' families and the NASA community -- we mourn the loss of the brave crew of Columbia on STS Mission 107.

ATK Thiokol Propulsion is supporting fully NASA's contingency plan and will respond as requested with all the resources we have to offer to the mishap investigation ordered by the NASA administrator, Sean O'Keefe.

ATK is a $2.1 billion aerospace and defense company with leading positions in propulsion, composite structures, munitions, and precision capabilities. The company, which is headquartered in Edina, Minn., employs approximately 12,000 people and has three business groups: Aerospace, Precision Systems, and Ammunition. ATK news and information can be found at http://www.atk.com/
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Source: Alliant Techsystems

CONTACT: Media, Rod Bitz, +1-952-351-3063, rod_bitz@atk.com, or
Investors, Steve Wold, +1-952-351-3056, steve_wold@atk.com, both of Alliant Techsystems