Alion Awarded Canadian Shipbuilding Contract
Alion Part of Winning Team Awarded $8 Billion Canadian Shipbuilding Contract. Technology Solutions Firm to Support Design and Engineering for Non-combat Vessels. Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned engineering, R&D and operational solutions firm, is part of the team awarded an $8 Billion contract to construct non-combat-oriented vessels under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). Working with team lead Seaspan Marine Corp.(www.seaspan.com), Alion will provide ship design and engineering through its wholly owned subsidiary, Alion Canada of Ottawa, Ontario. Under the contract, the team will design and construct vessels that address Canada's long-range plans for non-combatant vessels.
$33B Navy Contract: A Three-Way Race in Canada
July 27 is potentially a historic day for Davie Canada, as the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy Secretariat announced that it had accepted the application for a change of bidder received from 7731299 Canada Inc. (Davie Canada) on July 21, 2011. This makes the race for the $33b contract officially a three-way race, with bids from Davie Canada, Irving Shipbuilding of Halifax and B.C.'s Seaspan Marine Corp., owner of Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyard. Each shipyard has the backing of their respective provincial governments, all hoping to see thousands of new jobs created as well as billions of dollars invested in economies. One of the shipyards will be chosen to build combat vessels and one to build non-combat ships.
