2007 Top 100

79: Alion Science and Technology Corp.
Top 100 Revenue: $169,663,089
Defense Revenue: $136,740,798
Civilian Revenue: $32,922,292
2006 Revenue: $508.6 million
2006 Earnings: $50.8 million
2005 Revenue: $369.2 million
2005 Earnings: $35.8 million
Number of employees: 3700
Headquarters: McLean, Va.
Website: www.alionscience.com
Leadership:

Bahman Atefi, chairman and CEO

Steve Kimmel, senior vice president for corporate development

Ticker: N/A
Lines of business: Defense operations, naval architecture and marine engineering, modeling and simulation, industrial technology, chemical, biological, nuclear and environmental sciences, information technology and wireless spectrum engineering
Major customers: Navy, Federal Aviation Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Joint Forces Command and Defense Department
Major contracts/projects: The Defense Technical Information Center hired Alion Science and Technology to operate the Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center for $99 million. The company was also hired last year by the U.S. Joint Forces Command to provide modeling and simulation technologies to enhance joint experimentation at the command. The contract is worth $48.5 million.