James S. B. Chew

Alliant Techsystems, Inc. designs and manufactures aerospace, defense, and commercial products. It operates its business through three segments: Aerospace Group, Defense Group, and Sporting Group. The Aerospace Group develops and produces rocket motor systems for human and cargo launch vehicles, conventional and strategic missiles, missile defense interceptors, small and micro-satellites, satellite components, structures and subsystems, lightweight space deployables and solar arrays, and provides engineering and technical services. It also operates in the military and commercial aircraft and launch structures markets. The Defense Group develops and produces military small, medium and large caliber ammunition, propulsion systems for tactical missiles and missile defense applications, strike weapons, precision munitions, gun systems, aircraft survivability systems, fuzes and warheads, energetic materials and special mission aircraft. The Sporting Group develops and produces commercial ammunition, accessories, rifles and shotguns for the hunting, shooting, law enforcement, outdoor and sporting markets. The company was founded on May 2, 1990 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Exide Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of stored electrical energy solutions. It manufactures and supplies lead-acid batteries for transportation and industrial applications. It operates through the following business segments: Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and ROW, Industrial Energy Americas, and Industrial Energy Europe and ROW. The Transportation Americas segment sells aftermarket transportation products through various distribution channels, including mass merchandisers, auto parts outlets, wholesale distributors, and battery specialists. The Transportation Europe and ROW segment offers original equipment manufacturer batteries to the light vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and commercial vehicle industries. The Industrial Energy Americas segment supplies Motive Power and Network Power applications. The Industrial Energy Europe and ROW segment distributes Motive Power products and services in Europe through in-house sales and service organizations. Its products include starting lighting and ignition batteries for cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, agricultural and construction vehicles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, marine, and other applications. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Milton, GA.

SPARTA, Inc. provides advanced systems engineering, cybersecurity and mission support services primarily to the defense and homeland security departments, and the intelligence community. The company was founded by Wayne R. Winton and is headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA.

Abakan, Inc. is a development stage company which designs, develops, manufactures, and markets nanocomposite materials, innovative fabricated metal products, metal composites, and engineered reactive materials for applications in the oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, aerospace and defense, energy, infrastructure and processing industries. Its technology portfolio currently includes high-speed, large-area metal cladding technology, long-life nanocomposite anti-corrosion and-wear coating materials, high-strength, lightweight metal composites, and energetic materials. The company was founded by Maria Camila Maz on June 27, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

T/J Technologies, Inc. develops nanomaterials for advanced stored energy systems. The company is based in Ann Arbor, MI. T/J Technologies was acquired by B456 Systems, Inc. on January 06, 2006 for $6.80 million.