These awards provide training and tactical ammunition for air, land and sea platforms, and advanced capabilities for existing ground platforms, providing combat overmatch against current and future threats.
The contracts awarded include both domestic and international orders for 25mm, 30mm and 120mm tactical and training ammunition.
The contracts were awarded through U.S. Army Maneuver Ammunition Systems in its role as the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition.
“ATK's broad ammunition expertise, proven through its production of millions of rounds and development of advanced capabilities, enables us to meet the continued demands of our customers. We are focused on providing both the U.S. military and our allies with safe, reliable and high-performing ammunition for everything from individual weapons to large-caliber tank rounds,” said Mike Kahn, President of ATK's Defense Group.
The large-caliber ammunition award included funding to deliver 120mm, M1002 Multi-Purpose Anti-Tank, Target Practice with Tracer, designed for use with the M1A1/A2 Abrams main battle tank. This award provides for the final year of a multi-year contract previously awarded to ATK for tank training ammunition.
Medium caliber orders included an international order for the MK310 Programmable Air Bursting Munition (ABM) with Tracer from the Belgian Army for use with their Piranha III combat vehicles outfitted with ATK-produced MK44 cannons with ABM fuze setting capability.
Additional orders include the 30mm PGU-13 High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) cartridge; the LW30mm M788 Target Practice and M789 High Explosive Dual Purpose tactical round; the 25mm M792 HEI-T using the ATK-developed self-destruct fuze; and the 25mm PGU-23 untraced target practice cartridge.
On Tuesday, ATK announced it has been awarded multiple contract awards with the U.S. government to supply non-U.S. standard ammunition (NSA) for the Department of Defense in support of international allies. The combination of awards received in August and September 2014 under ATK's Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity and Basic Ordering Agreement contracts total $203.7 million.
ATK has been the leading supplier to the NSA program since its inception. ATK is the operator of the U.S. Army's Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, where it is the leading manufacturer of small caliber ammunition for the U.S Department of Defense.
