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Sunday, September 11, 2011

ATK Opens "ACCE" Facility to Handle $1 Billion+ Commercial Aircraft Orders

Alliant Techsystems has opened its new Aircraft Commercial Center of Excellence (ACCE) facility in Clearfield, Utah – less than one year after the announcement of the expansion. The facility serves as the headquarters for ATK's commercial aircraft programs and supports the manufacturing of composite airframe and engine components for the Airbus A350 XWB, and General Electric and Rolls-Royce engine programs. As previously announced, ATK has received commercial aircraft component orders exceeding $1 billion over the last several years.

"Our new Aircraft Commercial Center of Excellence is a key component in our strategy to capitalize on the growing demand for modern, more efficient commercial aircraft." said Mark DeYoung, ATK's President and CEO. "Our longstanding experience in highly-engineered composite structures and our expertise in automated manufacturing methods are now matched by a state-of-the-art production facility."

"Combined with our $500 million of orders for military aircraft composite structures, ATK is in two high-growth markets for the long-term," added ATK Aerospace Systems President Blake Larson.

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