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ATK Announces 800 More Layoffs

Ares 1-X Test Launch
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Ares 1-X Test Launch

By Jenny Brundin

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Salt Lake City, UT – Yesterday, a major force in Utah's aerospace industry - ATK - announced they'll be laying off 800 more workers in Utah early next year, as two government contracts came to an end. The company's already had to lay off 850 workers this year. ATK is now anxiously awaiting a decision the Obama administration will make early next year: whether to return astronauts to the moon. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports on the future of one of Utah's largest employers.

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