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Alliant Techsystems gets $197M Army ammo order



By AP
08 October 2008 @ 10:11 am EST

MINNEAPOLIS - Defense contractor Alliant Techsystems Inc. said Wednesday that the Army has given it a $197 million order for small-caliber ammunition.

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The order from the Army's Sustainment Command is for $184 million in ammunition and includes $13 million for upgrades to the company's ammunition plant in Independence, Mo. The facility is the largest supplier of ammunition to the U.S. military, making ammunition that includes .50-caliber, 5.56mm and 20mm cartridges. Alliant Techsystems expects to deliver 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition in the 2009 fiscal year.

Share of Alliant Techsystems fell 86 cents to $86.19 in morning trading.

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