February 25, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) has received a $90 million contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II Fleet Ballistic Missile.

Under terms of the annual contract, ATK will continue to supply Trident solid rocket propulsion systems to the Trident II Missile System Prime Contractor, Lockheed Martin, through 2011. Deployed in 1990, Trident II is the only U.S. submarine-launched strategic missile system in production today.

ATK has a 52-year history of producing solid propulsion systems for submarine-launched ballistic missiles, beginning with the Polaris missile and continuing through the Trident II FBM. The company's solid rocket portfolio ranges from 3-inch diameter spin motors to the Space Shuttle's Reusable Solid Rocket Motors.

Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems is a premier aerospace and defense company with more than 17,000 employees in 21 states and $4.5 billion in posted revenue.

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