Alion Opens System Sustainment Center in Support of NSWC Crane Division

MCLEAN,
Va. — Alion Science and Technology has opened a system sustainment center
supporting the Crane Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), the
company announced in a release.

By
combining its current facilities footprint in Odon, Indiana, Alion has created
a 57,000-square-foot campus that provides research, development, production and
sustainment of advanced weapons systems, soldier-carried systems, electronic warfare
(EW) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

Alion’s
WestGate facilities recently obtained ISO:9001 and AS9100 certifications and
house a series of laboratories for design and integration of hardware, firmware
and software for secure radar, EW, communications and processing systems.

Alion
recently added a complete prototyping/fabrication capability and an on-site
light electronics and cable assembly laboratory to reduce schedule dependencies.
The company also is adapting new technology — like artificial intelligence — to
solve challenging problems including cyber-resilient mission processors and
autonomous system payloads.

“We are
proud to offer this innovative one-stop system sustainment center to support
NSWC-Crane,” said Dino Cencetti, vice president of ISR systems and sensors operations
for Alion.

“This
provides our fighting forces with a competitive edge by bringing all these
capabilities together to create a center that can rapidly respond to today’s
needs and invest in the future of NSWC-Crane. Alion has been supporting NSWC
for over 10 years providing new equipment design, redesign for obsolescence and
technology insertion bringing new technology to the warfighter.”