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Alion Receives a $1.9M Air Force Task Order to Improve Inspection Methods and
Tools for Flight-Critical Structures

Technology Solutions Company to Evaluate Non-Destructive Inspections, Recommend
Enhancements, and Develop Tools to Ensure Fleet-Wide Safety

MCLEAN, Va., Jan 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The U.S. Air Force awarded Alion
Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, a task
order valued at $1.9 million to enhance the safety of flight-critical airframe
structures. To support the Air Force's efforts to modernize, the program will
focus on improving non-destructive inspection (NDI) methods used to evaluate the
integrity of fielded aircraft structures. NDI is employed to identify defects in
materials and structures under various conditions without harming the component's
integrity during the inspection process.

The NDI Improvement Program Phase II task order was awarded under the Advanced
Materials, Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center (AMMTIAC)
contract. On this task order, Alion will evaluate more than 125 inspections and
recommend improvements to current NDI procedures. Additionally, Alion will
develop new inspection tools and validate their performance through a probability
of detection study. The study will determine the likelihood of finding defects,
such as cracks, and will help accelerate the transition of new technology and
inspection equipment.

This award follows Alion's independent audit of NDI procedures on flight-critical
structures across the Air Force fleet. During this previous effort Alion
recommended improvements to more than 90 NDI procedures and developed two new NDI
tool kits with more than 20 new NDI probes.

"Alion's non-destructive inspection expertise, experience and procedure audits
will help the Air Force enhance its inspectors' abilities to more reliably detect
structural defects. This in-turn will improve safety fleet-wide," said Chris
Amos, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Technology Solutions Group.
"Alion's subject matter experts will support the development and validation of
new NDI technology, such as probes and tool kits, which will lead to modernizing
the Air Force's inspection procedures and tools."

Sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), AMMTIAC is a
Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) operated by Alion.
AMMTIAC is responsible for acquiring, archiving, analyzing, synthesizing and
disseminating scientific and technical information related to advanced materials,
manufacturing and testing. As one of 10 IACs, AMMTIAC meets the needs of the
warfighter as well as those of the greater advanced materials, manufacturing and
testing community by providing comprehensive support to the nation's defense
systems and infrastructure across the entire life-cycle.

Alion has partnered with Texas Research Institute and UniWest on this new task
order that runs through December 20, 2010. The work is sponsored by the USAF NDI
Program Office, ATTN: AFRL/RXS-OL, Bldg 3220, Room 112, 4750 Staff Drive, Tinker
AFB, OK 73145.

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, Va., Alion has employee-owners at major
offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call
877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at http://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.

SOURCE: Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology
Peter J. Jacobs, 703-269-3473
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