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Alion Wins $37.93M Contract to Provide Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Systems for Naval Air Warfare Center

MCLEAN, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 30, 2008 - Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions provider, has won a $37.93 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide PC-based, integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) training systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Training Systems Division in Orlando, FL.

Alion will support the continued development of Mission Rehearsal Tactical Team Trainer (MRT3) technologies for the SH-60B and SH-60F Navy helicopters. The contract calls for upgrades and lifecycle support at ASW training locations worldwide and will allow Alion to continue its integrated computer-based training in the ASW area. The scope of work includes providing an interoperable, distributed, mobile and deployable continuous training capability.

“Alion has been involved with PC-based ASW tactical team training since the inception of MRT3 in 2002,” said Dick Brooks, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Distributed Simulation Group. “This vehicle will allow us to continue providing portable, high-fidelity training solutions to the warfighters, allowing them to train as they would fight in an operationally relevant synthetic battlespace."

The contract runs from Aug. 14, 2008 to Aug. 14, 2013. Subcontractors under Alion include Advanced Acoustic Concepts, A. Harold and Associates, ASTi, Camber, DiSTI, Lockheed Martin, MTS Technologies, Inc., Novonics, RDR, Referentia, Science Applications International Corporation and Sonalysts.

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 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. 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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