ATK subsidiary Alliant Lake City Small Caliber Ammunition Company L.L.C. in Independence, MO received the full $30 million delivery order amount of $30 million as part of a firm-fixed-price contract for intellectual property and capital equipment/improvement settlement. Work will be performed in Independence, MO and is expected to be complete by April 30, 2007. This was a sole source contract initiated on Sept. 30, 1998 by the U.S. Army Sustainment Command in Rock Island, AL (DAAA09-99-D-0016).
The USA’s USA’s small caliber ammunition shortage has been covered before, as have efforts to overcome it via investments in ATK’s plant and the selection of a second-source supplier in General Dynamics OTS.