8/18/09

3 Phoenix, Inc. (3Pi), is a team member on Alion Science and Technology team that has been awarded a task order from the U.S. Navy valued at $48.5 million to research, design, develop, prototype, integrate and test a new torpedo detection system in conjunction with the Navy’s new anti-torpedo countermeasure technology, demonstrating the improved performance and integration of the technologies in Navy fleet systems.

The task order, awarded under the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport SeaPort-e contract, supports the Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) Undersea Defensive Warfare Systems Program Office with Anti-Torpedo Torpedo Defensive System (ATTDS) Torpedo Detection, Classification and Localization (TDCL) technology.

This work follows the successful demonstration of new TDCL technology developed by Alion and its team members over the past four years, which has been proven to outperform existing sonar systems on Navy ships. Alion will evaluate the TDCL system both in the laboratory and at sea.

“As other countries increase their submarine forces, the threat of torpedoes to Navy vessels also increases,” explained Rear Adm. John J. (JJ) Waickwicz (USN, Ret.), Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Engineering Technology Center Group. “Continued at-sea testing is intended to demonstrate that ATTDS will reliably detect and counter incoming torpedo threats, protecting Navy ships and the lives of personnel aboard.” Waickwicz added.

The period of performance runs through May 2014. Alion’s ATTDS TDCL team includes 3 Phoenix Inc., Adaptive Methods, Advanced Reasoning Inc., Angle Inc., BAE Systems, BBN, Daniel H. Wagner Assoc. Inc., General Dynamics – Information Technology, L3 and Ultra Electronics.

Source: Alion Science and Technology