Alion Awarded $75 Million C4ISR On-the-Move Systems for the Joint Warfighter

MCLEAN, Va. — Alion Science and Technology has been
awarded a task order totaling $75 million to support Naval Information Warfare
Center (NIWC) Pacific, the company announced in a release.

The contract supports a technical focus of Combat Vehicle
Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-the-Move (OTM) Systems for the Joint Warfighter.

The Alion team will support the U.S. Marine Corps and
Army programs for C4ISR-OTM at NIWC Pacific to ensure interoperability and
commonality of functions between systems and upgrades. This includes the
advancement of joint and coalition force capabilities by helping to provide OTM
satellite communications technology that gives weapon system platforms on the
battlefield reliable, worldwide connectivity to the Joint Information
Environment.

Alion will provide technical expertise to develop
operational concepts for OTM satellite communications across multiple weapon
system platforms, to include tactical vehicles. Focus will be on systems
engineering and providing the technology expertise required to evaluate, design
and test and implement advanced hardware and software components for the
C4ISR-OTM.

“Alion has supported this customer since 2009. Being able
to provide continued access to the team that built the NOTM [Networking
On-the-Move] system and the OEMs for the individual components allows for
uninterrupted advancement of C4ISR technologies,” said Tim Lawrence, Alion senior
vice president.