Alion Receives $1.8M Army Contract to Review and Analyze Warfighter Capabilities

Technology Solutions Company to Provide Professional Support Services to
Determine Defense Resources Needed
MCLEAN, Va.--(Business Wire)--
To support the Army in validating and prioritizing the requirements for current
and future capabilities, Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned
technology solutions company, has been awarded a $1.8 million task order under a
contract to support the Department of Army Capabilities Integration,
Prioritization & Analysis Directorate.

This task order provides the support services and subject matter experts
necessary to enable the Army to make short-, mid-range and long-term decisions
that impact the funding, development and fielding of capabilities to the
Warfighter. This work includes analysis, reviews, recommendations, tools and
training in support of the Army Experimentation Program, the Army`s Five Year
Test Program, the Army Studies Program, the Army Advance Technology Objective
Process and related initiatives.

"Alion has a demonstrated history of providing technical and professional
services to support the Warfighter," said Timer Keenan, Alion Senior Vice
President and Manager of the Strategic Operations Group. "Alion`s subject matter
experts will support the validation, prioritization, analysis and integration of
combat requirements and systems life cycles to help to provide the current and
future Army with timely and decisive war fighting capabilities as part of the
national military strategy."

The national military strategy serves as the Armed Forces` plan to achieve
military objectives in the near term and is intended to provide the vision to
ensure that they remain decisive in the future. The Army Capabilities
Integration, Prioritization & Analysis Directorate reviews and analyzes key
Warfighter needs. The new task order runs through July 31, 2010, under a
three-year contract that is in effect through July 31, 2013.

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.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.

Alion Science and Technology
Peter J. Jacobs, 703-269-3473
pjacobs@alionscience.com

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