The contractor for the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters was Morton Thiokol ( now part of Alliant Techsystems ), for the external tank, Martin Marietta ( now Lockheed Martin ), and for the Space Shuttle main engines, Rocketdyne ( now Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, part of United Technologies ).

ATK ( Alliant Techsystems ) was selected in December 2005 as the prime contractor for the first stage of NASA's Ares I.

He was awarded his first Ph. D. in 1976 from United States International University ( now known as Alliant International University ) for a 170-page dissertation entitled Afro-American Nationalism: Social Strategy and Struggle for Community.

Alliant Computer Systems was a computer company that designed and manufactured parallel computing systems.

Alliant machines were fairly small, the FX / 1 was about the size of a large full-height PC, while the FX / 8 was smaller than a VAX-11 / 780, about the size of a large photocopier.

The XM8 was based on the kinetic energy module of Alliant Techsystems's XM29 OICW project, of which the weapon mechanisms were the responsibility of H & K.

It was fitted with the Delco turret, or a Land Systems Hagglunds E30 turret with Alliant Techsystems Bushmaster II Mk 44 30 mm cannon.

On November 11, 2009, General Fogleman was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at Alliant Techsystems Inc., following the retirement of ATK Chairman and CEO Dan Murphy.

The plant's original operator was Wisconsin Public Service and it was owned by Wisconsin Public Service ( 59 %) and Alliant Energy ( 41 %).

At the time of his death, he was also a Scholar In Residence at California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University.

He was a distinguished professor at United States International University ( now Alliant International University ) for 17 years, where several institutes continue his work in strategic management research.

Alliant was formed in 2001 by the combination of two older institutions: the California School of Professional Psychology ( CSPP ) and United States International University ( USIU ).

* Alliant Computer Systems ( founded 1982 as Dataflow Systems ; went bankrupt in 1992 )

In 1982, he co-founded Alliant Computer Systems, holding a variety of positions there before becoming CEO.

Ronald D. Dittemore ( right ) Ron D. Dittemore ( born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown, New York ) former shuttle program manager of NASA, is currently the president of ATK Launch Systems Group, formerly known as ATK Thiokol Propulsion, part of Alliant Techsystems ( ATK ), Inc.

Notable subcontractors and technical experts include Boeing, Alliant Techsystems ( ATK ), Honeywell, Naval Surface Warfare Center, SPAWAR Systems Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ( JHU / APL ), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory ( Lincoln Lab ).

BiiN aimed their designs at the high-end fault tolerant market, competing with Tandem Computers and Stratus Computer, as opposed to the parallel processing market, where Sequent Computer Systems, Pyramid Technology, Alliant Computer Systems and others were operating.

* 2006, Alliant Techsystems ( ATK ) Inc. renamed ATK-Thiokol to ATK Launch Systems Group.

Rocket Center, West Virginia is the site of a government installation known as Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, part of the Naval Sea Systems Command which is currently operated by Alliant Techsystems.

The newest upgrade is a joint venture by the Italian Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense: the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile ( AARGM ), produced by Alliant Techsystems.

In 1986, the Craigs sold their business to Kraft Foods, which later sold to Alliant, and is now owned by U. S. Foodservice.

The Centennial Celebration is headlined by its Centennial Banquet to be held on August 4, 2012 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.

This had been under development by an Atlantic Research / Alliant Techsystems team for ten years but the USAF had no plans at that time, to develop an extended range AMRAAM since this could endanger support for the stealthy F-22 Raptor.

Developed by Alliant Techsystems, with Heckler & Koch as a major subcontractor, the most commonly seen version of the XM29 consisted of a semi-automatic 20x28 mm smart grenade launcher, an underslung assault carbine ( derived from the HK G36 then in its late developmental stage ) firing a standard 5. 56x45mm NATO round, and a top-mounted computer-assisted sighting system with integrated laser rangefinder, thermal vision night vision capabilities, and up to 6x optical telescopic sight.

Alliant Techsystems Inc., most commonly known by its ticker symbol,, is one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the United States with more than 18, 000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico and internationally, and 2010 revenues in excess of an estimated.

The Orion spacecraft would have been launched into a low Earth orbit using the Ares I rocket ( the " Stick "), developed by Alliant Techsystems, Rocketdyne, and Boeing.

The Hughes M230 Chain Gun is a 30 mm, single-barrel automatic cannon developed by Hughes and now manufactured by Alliant Techsystems.

The system has been developed by Heckler & Koch and Alliant Techsystems, while the target acquisition / fire control is developed by L-3 IOS Brashear.

There were five first stage rocket motor tests planned to be carried out by Alliant Techsystems ( ATK ) in Promontory, Utah.

The name " Graphite-Epoxy Motor " refers specifically to solid motors produced by Alliant Techsystems, although boosters of similar construction are used on other launch vehicles.

* M242 Bushmaster, a chain gun manufactured by Alliant Techsystems.

Before the development of Graphite-Epoxy Motors ( GEMs ), the company's ( first Thiokol, now Alliant Techsystems ) Castor boosters used steel solid motors used to produce extra thrust and boost payload capacity.

Versions exist for the Cray X-MP, Y-MP, 2 ; Sequent, Encore Alliant, DEC VAX-11 / 784, dataflow architectures, KSR1, Transputers and systolic arrays.

* The Rockway Institute for LGBT research in the public interest at Alliant International University

Alliant filed for bankruptcy in 1992.

Also in 1990 Alliant purchased Raster Technologies, a provider of high-resolution graphics terminals and custom graphics cards for Sun Microsystems workstations.

Various Alliant systems soldiered on in service for many years after that however, and were generally considered very reliable.

" Chain gun " is a registered trademark of Alliant Techsystems Inc. for a chain-powered weapon.

On September 12, 2012, Alliant Techsystems received a $ 16. 8 million engineering and manufacturing development contract modification for the XM25.

Alliant Techsystems manufactures GEMs for Boeing's Delta II, III, and IV launch vehicles in the following sizes:

Alliant Techsystems has indicated that the rifle may later use bullets with smaller explosive charges which will stun opponents rather than killing them.