Alion Awarded Contract Potentially Worth $47 Million to Support Army Battle Command Directorate.MCLEAN, Va. -- The Army Battle Command Directorate has awarded Alion Science and Technology Alion Science and Technology (pronounced: ah-LYE-un) is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers. a contract valued at up to $47 million to support the command with analytic, engineering, programmatic and scientific subject matter expertise. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services contract runs for a base year with four, one-year options. The work begins this month and will run through July 2012, if all options are exercised. Alion will provide expertise to support statutory, regulatory and policy functions and tasks assigned to the Army G-37 Battle Command Directorate. The work includes modeling and simulation management, education and training support, software blocking management and monitoring of the Central Technical Support Facility at Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area. , Texas. The facility tests, manages and supports communications systems that are being deployed in theater. "Alion's solutions give Army Battle Command customers the confidence to present sound recommendations to Army leadership that enable rapid decisions and effective solutions," said Timer Keenan, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Strategic Operations Group. "We get better equipment out to the soldier faster and with more reliable software." Alion has supported the Army Battle Command Directorate since 1996. The Army Battle Command Directorate is responsible for integrating, synchronizing and standardizing battle command and modeling and simulation programs across the Army and ensuring battle command and modeling and simulation processes are consistent with joint processes. Alion's subcontractors under the contract include SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. , JB&A, Craig Technical Consulting, Professional Solutions and SSB SSB Statistisk Sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway) SSB Super Smash Bros (video game) SSB Space Studies Board SSB Single Side Band SSB Single Stranded DNA-Binding Protein SSB Salomon Smith Barney , Inc. 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 naval architecture, science of designing ships. A naval architect must consider especially the following factors: floatability, i.e., the ability of the ship to remain afloat while meeting the requirements of the vessel's service under normal and abnormal weather and & 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 McLean is an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. A small geographic area along Chain Bridge Road in Arlington County has a 22101 zip code and is also part of McLean. , 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 Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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. 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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