Alion awarded $8.5 million U.S. Air Force contract
Virginia-based employee-owned specialist awarded a follow-on contract to design and maintain a Web-based system that reports, assesses, and predicts Air Force readiness levels
McLean, Virginia-based Alion Science and Technology two weeks ago was awarded an $8.5 million Air Force follow-on contract to design and maintain a Web-based system that reports, assesses, and predicts Air Force readiness levels. The contract calls for Alion to continue creating the Predictive Readiness Assessment System (PRAS) for the Air Force Readiness Office. The modeling and simulation system gives Air Force decision-makers information which assists them in deciding how to allocate resources and reconstitute force structures based on various funding scenarios.
“Alion’s team of managers, analysts, and software developers have successfully, over the past six years, developed PRAS from concept to a mature, fully working SIPRNet (Secret Internet Protocol Router Network) Web-based system,” said Dick Brooks, Alion senior vice president and manager of the Distributed Simulation Group. “PRAS can now provide senior Air Force leadership with an integrated view of present and future readiness.”
The sole-source, firm fixed-price contract runs for one base year with four option years. The period of performance ends 28 February 2014. The Air Force District of Washington, located at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., is the contracting authority.
The company says that PRAS, considered a strategic readiness system, assesses current and past readiness levels and the impact of budgetary funding on readiness. This information will enable leaders to forecast the impact and risks of various operational plans and scenarios and adjust policies, force structures and concepts of operations to mitigate projected readiness shortfalls.
We note that Alion recently ranked on the Washington Business Journal (WBJ) 2009 list of Largest Government Contractors. The list appeared in the 27 March 27 — 2 April 2009 issue of the journal. Alion ranked #14 out of 25 companies based on D.C. metro-area employees.
“This latest recognition reinforces Alion’s growing reputation as a company that’s capable of meeting the goals and requirements necessary to work with the federal government,” said Alion CEO Dr. Bahman Atefi.
Alion’s 2008 rankings on WBJ lists include #14 for Largest Technology Employers and #37 for Fastest Growing Companies.
