United States Alion Tender

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Alion Science and Technology a 77 million task order with a 60-month period of performance to provide aircraft and weapons systems research and development for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office JPO. Alion was awarded this contract under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Centers DoD IAC multiple-award contract MAC vehicle. These DoD IAC MAC task orders TOs are awarded by the U.S. Air Forces 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the DTIC repository and the Research and Development RD and Science Technology ST community.Alion has bought together a team with key capabilities to provide affordable solutions to the F-35s most pressing challenges and is uniquely qualified to deliver integrated solutions to the JPO that are required to advance F-35 systems into the next generation said Terri Walker-Spoonhour Acting Senior Vice President and General Manager of Alions Cyber and Electronic Warfare Group. Alion has a long partnership with the F-35 JPO and demonstrated strengths in researching and identifying alternatives that affect aircraft and weapons systems life cycle affordability approaches to resolve technical or supportability deficiencies and design as well as integrating and validating solutions.Alion will provide research technical studies and analysis on weapons systems and platforms including shipboard and airborne radar and electronic systems electrical generation systems weapons control systems engines aircraft launch and recovery equipment support equipment and other complex machinery. Alion will also provide solution alternatives for weapons systems and platforms as well as avionic and shipboard systems that affect the life cycle with a focus on affordability and develop approaches that resolve technical or supportability deficiencies affecting weapons system functionality.