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$17.5M for 120mm Training Cartridges

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Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) in Plymouth, MN received a $17.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M1002 120mm cartridges. The M1002 TPCSDS-T 120mm Cartridge is a Training Cartridges for the tactical M830A1 MPAT-T (multi-purpose anti-tank, tracer… a HEAT round) used by M1A1 Abrams tanks.

Work will be performed in Plymouth, MN (18.73%), Rocket Center, WVA (41.45%), Radford, VA (9.70%), Coachella, CA (4.34%), Louisville, KY (9.28%), Middletown, IA (8.58%), St. Bonifacious, MN (0.88%), Anoka, MN (0.63%), Ironwood, MI (0.10%), Toone, TN (1.48%), North Brook, IL (0.10%), Socorro, NM (0.88%), Yankton, SD (1.23%), Lawrenceville, VA (0.17%), Baraboo, WI (0.82%), Lexington, KY (0.98%), and Hartford, WI (0.65%), and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2007. This was a sole source contract initiated on March 27, 2006 by the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command in Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (DAAE30-00-C-1096).

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