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Alion Awarded $3.3M Task Order to Help Manage, Develop and Integrate M&S Capabilities across the Army
[October 19, 2009]

Alion Awarded $3.3M Task Order to Help Manage, Develop and Integrate M&S Capabilities across the Army


MCLEAN, Va. --(Business Wire)-- The Army is increasingly employing modeling and simulation (M&S) in training, decision-making and military operations. Employee-owned Alion Science and Technology will support the Army Modeling and Simulation Office (AMSO) in these efforts under a $3.3 million task order. The contract enables AMSO to gain the tools and expertise to exercise its oversight and to manage modeling and simulation processes across all Army M&S domains.



Alion will provide subject matter expertise and services to support AMSO and the Modeling and Simulation Proponent Office's mission to train and supply qualified M&S professionals to the Army, to recruit and manage the M&S community to best meet the Army's warfighting needs and to create a fully trained Army M&S community. Alion personnel will also perform geospatial analysis, analyze technical requirements, and conduct staff-level research. These solutions will include strategic planning and programming for M&S capabilities and assistance with special projects related to the execution of the M&S strategy, campaign plan and investment plan.

"The Army has a goal to use M&S routinely at all levels by 2016 for such activities as decision-making, mission planning, training, research and operations," said Timer Keenan, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Strategic Operations Group. "Alion's experts will help AMSO by developing and supporting solutions to ensure M&S integration across the Army." The period of performance runs Sept. 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010.


The Army M&S Office guides, coordinates, integrates and synchronizes strategic M&S efforts across the Army in order to create unity of effort and purpose. The Office also develops and implements a coherent and unified Army M&S strategy to organize and equip the Army with M&S capabilities in support of Operating and Generating Force functions and institutional processes. As Proponent for Functional Area 57 Simulation Operations and Battle Command Officers, and Career Program 36 M&S Civilians, the Office recruits, trains, supplies and maintains a professional M&S community.

About Alion Science and Technology Alion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers. Building on 70 years of R&D and engineering expertise, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: naval architecture & marine engineering; defense operations; systems engineering; modeling & simulation; information management & technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; wireless spectrum engineering; and industrial technology. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion employee-owners are located at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

This press release contains information about management's view of Alion's future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC (News - Alert). Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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