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Alion Expands Focus on Wireless Spectrum Management
[January 30, 2015]

Alion Expands Focus on Wireless Spectrum Management


Wireless frequencies are limited resources but are critical to everything from cell phones and broadcasting to military and first responder communications. Policies and procedures for managing the wireless spectrum are complex, requiring deep understanding of both technical and legislative realities.

Karl Nebbia (Photo: Business Wire)

Karl Nebbia (Photo: Business Wire)

To support the ever-evolving demand for spectrum expertise both in the United States and abroad, Alion Science and Technology is enhancing its long-standing capabilities in this area. As part of this effort, the company has hired industry authority Karl Nebbia to support the company's spectrum-related services.

"The use of the wireless spectrum is exploding, so managing the technical and regulatory factors becomes more difficult every day. Alion has decades of experience, having provided numerous agencies with our advanced technical and operational capabilities, such as our support of software-defined radios," explained Rob Hirt, Alion Sector Senior Vice President, who added that the future of spectrum development would require increased partnerships between government, industry and academia in order to develop both new technologies and policies surrounding their use.

"Karl Nebbia is recognized as the key resource on spectrum-related matters," Hirt continued. "His insights and expertise will be of tremendous value to domestic and international organizations as we help them improve the allocation and management of this essential asset."

Nebbia recently retired from the Department of ommerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where he was associate administrator for the Office of Spectrum (News - Alert) Management, a post he held since 2007. In his more than 30-year career with NTIA, Nebbia focused on developing policies and processes to manage the ever-growing issues surrounding the use of wireless frequencies by civilian government, the Department of Defense, commercial firms, municipalities and private users.



About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology delivers advanced engineering, IT and operational solutions to strengthen national security and drive business results. For customers in defense, civilian government and commercial industries, Alion's engineered solutions support smarter decision-making and enhanced readiness in rapidly changing environments. Alion brings expertise and experience to multiple business areas: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; Systems Analysis, Design and Engineering; and Modeling, Simulation, Training and Analysis. Building on over 75 years of innovation, Alion turns obstacles into opportunities to help customers achieve their missions. Alion employee-owners are located at offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, visit www.alionscience.com.


This press release contains information about management's view of Alion's future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC (News - Alert). Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.


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