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ATK Receives Fourth Option For 30mm Training Ammunition

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

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ATK [ATK] yesterday said it recently received the award of a fourth contract option to produce 30mm PGU-15A/B cartridges for the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock Island, Ill. The order is a part of a multi-year contract originally signed in July 2007. ATK's worldwide sales of 30mm ammunition in the current fiscal year now exceed $29 million, the company said. ATK's 30mm PGU-series target practice ammunition is specially designed for training applications. These cartridges are currently…

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