The $8.48 billion deal to upgrade and operate an Army ammunition factory in Missouri topped a list of more than 310 awards with a combined potential value of $37.4 billion announced by the Defense Department in October.

 

The month’s total fell 17 percent from the $44.9 billion in awards disclosed in September, the last month of the government’s fiscal year and traditionally the busiest time of the year for procurement. The contract, Alliant’s largest, was a victory for the company after BAE wrested from its control a munitions facility in Virginia.