Alliant Techsystems ATK –

Alliant Techsystems is an aerospace and defense company that has a line of smart weapons.  One smart weapon is the shoulder fired XM25 which has a range of 2,300 feet.  The weapon has been described as a game changer because it can target and hit the enemy behind cover.  The XM 25 carries a price tag as high as $35,000 and the army expects to buy 12,500 in the next year. 

To read a related Fox News article, please click here:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/24/armys-revolutionary-rifle-use-afghanistan/

To visit the site for Alliant Techsystems, please click here:

http://www.atk.com/

Jim Sutliff

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