ATK - XM-25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) Rifle [480p]

The U.S. Army is moving forward with an operational evaluation in Afghanistan, of the new, XM-25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) weapon system. Following this current evaluation, the Army will decide on the future procurement of 12,500 CDTE systems to be issued beginning in early 2014.

Under the recent evaluation, several XM-25 prototypes arrived in Afghanistan in Nov 2010. These weapons are being carried actively on patrols, and in various combat outposts. The next phase for the XM-25 program is to build a large quantity of production representative weapons and ammunition in 2011 to deploy into Afghanistan for further combat assessments. Under the planned procurement, the new weapons will be issued to Special Forces team and to infantry squads, to receive one XM-25 each.

Parallel to the development of the weapon system, ATK is also developing a new family of ammunition. L3 Communications is the subcontractor in charge of the weapon's optronic fire control system.