Exhibit 99
                            ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
                        DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                                February 6, 1998



         Name (Age)                                Position
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Richard Schwartz (62)          Director, Chairman of the Board, President and 
                               Chief Executive Officer
 
Gilbert F. Decker (60)         Director
 
Thomas L. Gossage (63)         Director
 
Joel M. Greenblatt (40)        Director
 
Jonathan G. Guss (38)          Director
 
David E. Jeremiah (63)         Director
 
Gaynor N. Kelley (66)          Director
 
Joseph F. Mazzella (45)        Director
 
Daniel L. Nir (37)             Director
 
Michael T. Smith (54)          Director
 
Peter A. Bukowick (54)         Executive Vice President and Chief Operating 
                               Officer
 
Robert E. Gustafson (49)       Vice President - Human Resources
 
Galen K. Johnson (43)          Vice President and Treasurer
 
William R. Martin (56)         Vice President - Washington, D.C. Operations
 
Scott S. Meyers (44)           Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
Paula J. Patineau (44)         Vice President and Controller
 
Paul A. Ross (60)              Group Vice President - Space and Strategic 
                               Systems
 
Nicholas G. Vlahakis (49)      Group Vice President - Conventional Munitions
 
Kristi Rollag Wangstad (43)    Vice President - Public Affairs
 
Donald E. Willis (53)          Group Vice President - Emerging Business; Vice 
                               President - Strategic Planning
 
Daryl L. Zimmer (54)           Vice President and General Counsel
 
Charles H. Gauck (59)          Secretary