Alion on Team Selected as Finalists to Develop Joint Support Ships for Canadian Government.Technology solutions company will design new class of ships as part of SNC-Lavalin ProFac team MCLEAN, Va. -- 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. announced that the company is part of a team, lead by SNC-Lavalin ProFac, Inc., of Toronto, Ontario, which was chosen as one of two finalists to develop new Joint Support Ships (JSS JSS Junior Secondary School JSS JICO (Joint Interface Control Officer) Support System JSS Javascript Style Sheets (Netscape) JSS Network Security Services for Java JSS Joint Support Ship ) for the Canadian government. The SNC-Lavalin ProFac Team has been awarded one of two project definition (PD) phase contracts. Alion will be responsible for the ship design, signatures, survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. , cost engineering, human-systems engineering and systems engineering. The JSS is a new class that will replace Canada's aging PROTECTEUR AOR AOR The ISO 4217 currency code for Angolan Reajustado Kwanza. class. The ships will provide underway replenishment, sealift sea·lift tr.v. sea·lift·ed, sea·lift·ing, sea·lifts To transport (troops or supplies) by sea, as when ground or air routes are blocked. n. A system or an instance of such transport. , Joint Force Support and medical support to naval task groups and joint forces. In the PD phase, the team must develop a comprehensive proposal for design and construction of the ships as well as their support during the projected 30 year life span of the class. Review and final selection from the proposals will be completed in 2008, with the first of three ships projected to be delivered in 2012. Total value of the contract for this phase is approximately $11 million USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (approx. $12.5 CAD). Bahman Atefi, Alion President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , commented, "Alion is extremely pleased to have been selected by SNC-Lavalin ProFac as the ship designer and very proud to be part of the winning team. This win confirms Alion's status as a premier ship designer in the international arena." Alion brings more than 50 years of ship design and marine engineering experience to this task, according to Vice Admiral Scott Fry (USN Ret.), Alion Sector Senior Vice President, who added, "SNC-Lavalin ProFac assembled a strong, cohesive team that developed an excellent proposal. Alion's naval architecture capabilities and our experience with replenishment and sealift ship designs were keys to the success of the JSS PD Phase proposal." The SNC-Lavalin ProFac Team includes Alion, the Washington Marine Group The Washington Marine Group is a consortium of companies owned or largely owned by Dennis Washington of Montana. These companies provide a variety of transportation and marine services in British Columbia's waterways. , Raytheon Canada and Thales Canada. About 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. Building on 70 years of R&D and engineering experience, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: defense operations; modeling & simulation; wireless communication; industrial technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; information technology; and naval architecture & marine engineering. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion has 3700 employee-owners 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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