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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
  S</font></b><b><font size="5" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report
  (Date of earliest event reported):&#160; <b>May&nbsp;9, 2008</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alliant Techsystems Inc.</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
  
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  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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  material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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  to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </font></p>
  
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  to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.02.&#160; Termination of a Material Definitive
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  2008, Alliant Techsystems Inc. (&#147;ATK&#148;) received notice that the Canadian
  Minister of Industry had disapproved the sale to ATK of the Information Systems
  and Geospatial Services businesses of Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and
  Associates Ltd. (&#147;MDA&#148;).&#160; Canadian
  regulatory approval was a condition to the closing of this transaction under
  the terms of the Purchase Agreement (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;) among ATK, MDA, <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">0807865 B.C. Ltd., a Canadian corporation and a wholly-owned
  subsidiary of ATK, and ATK Space Systems,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation and
  a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATK.&#160; (The
  Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit&nbsp;2.1 to ATK&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
  dated January&nbsp;8, 2008.)&#160; As a
  result, ATK will take an approximate $6.6 million pre-tax charge ($3.9 million
  after-tax, or $0.11 per share) for transaction-related expenses that will be recorded
  in ATK&#146;s financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008.</font></font></p>
  
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  2.02.&#160; Results of Operations and
  Financial Condition.</font></b></p>
  
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  2008, ATK issued a press release regarding the Canadian Minister of Industry&#146;s
  disapproval of the sale to ATK of MDA&#146;s Information Systems and Geospatial
  Services businesses.&#160; A copy of this
  press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report.&#160; This press release updates certain financial
  information contained in a press release furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to an
  earlier Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Press
    release, dated May&nbsp;9, 2008, regarding Canadian regulatory disapproval of
    the sale to ATK of MDA&#146;s </font>Information Systems and Geospatial Services
    businesses<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
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text: UNITED STATES
  S
  ECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13
  or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report
  (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 9, 2008
  Alliant Techsystems Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  1-10582
  41-1672694
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  (Commission
  File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification
  No.)
  7480 Flying Cloud Drive
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  55344-3720
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (952)
  351-3000
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant
  to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant
  to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 1.02.  Termination of a Material Definitive
  Agreement.
  On May 9,
  2008, Alliant Techsystems Inc. ("ATK") received notice that the Canadian
  Minister of Industry had disapproved the sale to ATK of the Information Systems
  and Geospatial Services businesses of Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and
  Associates Ltd. ("MDA").  Canadian
  regulatory approval was a condition to the closing of this transaction under
  the terms of the Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") among ATK, MDA,
  0807865 B.C. Ltd., a Canadian corporation and a wholly-owned
  subsidiary of ATK, and ATK Space Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
  a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATK.  (The
  Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to ATK's Current Report on Form 8-K
  dated January 8, 2008.)  As a
  result, ATK will take an approximate $6.6 million pre-tax charge ($3.9 million
  after-tax, or $0.11 per share) for transaction-related expenses that will be recorded
  in ATK's financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008.
  Item
  2.02.  Results of Operations and
  Financial Condition.
  On May 9,
  2008, ATK issued a press release regarding the Canadian Minister of Industry's
  disapproval of the sale to ATK of MDA's Information Systems and Geospatial
  Services businesses.  A copy of this
  press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.  This press release updates certain financial
  information contained in a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to an
  earlier Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 8, 2008.
  Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)           Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press
    release, dated May 9, 2008, regarding Canadian regulatory disapproval of
    the sale to ATK of MDA's
  Information Systems and Geospatial Services
    businesses
  .
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  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS
    INC.
  Date: May 9, 2008
  By:
  /s/  KEITH D. ROSS
  Keith D. Ross
  Senior Vice President,
    General
  Counsel and Secretary
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