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Navy Awards $11 Million Option to Alion to Support NAVSEA Aircraft Carriers Office
Communiqué publié le 01/05/2007 à 14h39

Alion Science and Technology plays a vital role in ensuring the Navy's fleet of aircraft carriers is delivered on time and within budget. Today, the employee-owned, technology solutions company announced the Navy's Program Executive Office for Aircraft Carriers has funded the second, one-year option period under the Program Executive Office for Aircraft Carriers contract, awarding Alion $11 million in funding for program management support.

Alion is providing business and finance, engineering, logistics, integrated warfare systems and program management support to PEO Aircraft Carriers for the CVN-77 new construction, refueling and complex overhaul activities, In-Service, Smart Carrier, and the CVN-21 programs.

The period of performance for this option runs from January 1 through Dec. 31, 2007. The initial support contract, valued at $125 million, was awarded in October 2003.

"Alion's experienced team members are augmenting the military and civilian staff to ensure aircraft carriers are delivered to the sailor on time, within budget and properly equipped," said Vice Admiral Scott Fry (USN, Ret.), Alion Sector Senior Vice President and manager of the company's Engineering and Integration Solutions Sector. "The exercise of this option illustrates PEO Aircraft's vote of confidence in the work performed by Alion."

The work is being performed at the Washington Navy Yard.

There are 14 subcontractors working under Alion on the contract, including: AMSEC/SAIC; Bearing Point, Inc.; The Columbia Group; Gryphon Technologies; Imagine One; L3GSI; LSA; Perot Systems; The Sigmon Group; Systems Planning and Analysis; Systems Technology Forum; Tech-Marine; Tecolote Research; and Virginia's Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership (VPMEP).

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 and marine engineering. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion has 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. 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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