29-Sep-2011Source: ATK
ATK has received an order valued at more than $58.7 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Direct Fire Munitions Branch, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock Island, Ill., to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU-series ammunition. This is the third order under a contract originally signed in September 2008. If all options are exercised,... Read more
23-Sep-2011Source: ATK
ATK has been awarded a $37 million contract to provide lightweight (LW) 30mm ammunition – including the M788 TP (target practice) training round and the M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) tactical round – to the United Kingdom’s (UK) Ministry of Defence (MoD).  The contract reinforces ATK’s position as a preferred provider of medium-caliber ammunition to allied forces... Read more
24-Sep-2010Source: ATK
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received an order valued at more than $50 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock Island, Ill., to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU ammunition. This is the second order under a contract originally signed in September 2008. If all options are exercised, ATK’s... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: General Dynamics
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded two contracts from the Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM MAS) at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., for production of 30mm M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) ammunition and Phase III development of 25mm scalable fuze technology. The total value of the two contracts is more than... Read more
6-Oct-2009Source: ATK
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a $25 million contract option to provide lightweight (LW) 30mm M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) tactical ammunition for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center, Rock Island, Ill., awarded the contract.... Read more