Alion Wins $6M in Task Orders to Digitize Scientific and Technical Documents for DoD Information Analysis Centers

Technology Solutions Company to Make National Treasure Trove of Information More Accessible

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has been awarded task orders valued at $6 million to digitize nearly 110,000 Department of Defense (DoD) paper documents for the Defense Technical Information Center’s (DTIC’s) Total Electronic Migration System (TEMS).

“The mission of TEMS is to put valuable scientific and technical information that is pertinent to supporting the warfighter at users’ fingertips”

Under the three-year contract, Alion will scan scientific and technical data from the libraries of the Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center (WSTIAC) and the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center (AMMTIAC) into electronic documents and make them available through TEMS, a searchable, web-based system. The work will also give users the ability to store, retrieve and use large quantities of data electronically in performance of their missions.

“The mission of TEMS is to put valuable scientific and technical information that is pertinent to supporting the warfighter at users’ fingertips,” said Chris Amos, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Technology Solutions Group. “The AMMTIAC and WSTIAC libraries house more than 400,000 hard-copy documents, which span the areas of materials, manufacturing, and testing as well as the development, production, fielding and maintenance of conventional and modern weapon systems. Alion is spearheading these efforts as part of a long-term project to help DTIC convert all of its high-priority documents into digital format. It is an enormous, but important undertaking.”

AMMTIAC and WSTIAC are two of the 10 DTIC Information Analysis Centers (IACs). The IACs house libraries of information that are focused on specific technology areas, in addition to providing technical expertise in these areas. DTIC is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., and serves the DoD by providing access to scientific and technical information for DoD personnel and contractors, including researchers, designers and engineers.

The period of performance runs until Sept. 1, 2012. The work is sponsored by the DTIC, ATTN: DTIC-I, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Ste 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218.

About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology 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 expertise, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: naval architecture & marine engineering; defense operations; systems engineering; modeling & simulation; information management & technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; wireless spectrum engineering; and industrial technology. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion employee-owners are located at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

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