ODON — A $4.3 million facility being built at the WestGate at Crane Technology Park in Odon will house Virginia-based Alion Science and Technology.
Alion is a science and engineering technology solutions contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense and private customers across the globe. The company will join more than 35 defense industry tenants in the technology park serving the $2 billion NSWC-Crane technology center and other defense contracts, according to a news release. Alion is expected to occupy the 40,000-square-foot space after its completion in December of this year.
“Days like today are important not just locally, but to the people of Indiana – technology growth, particularly like what Alion is demonstrating here today, is a critical focus of our administration as we take our economy to the next level,” Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch said in the release. “The future is bright. It is bright for Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division. It is bright for Hoosiers living here in the region. And it is bright for the state of Indiana.”
In Bloomington, Alion has offices at 101 W. Kirkwood Ave., in suites inside Fountain Square Mall. The multi-use expansion in Daviess County is expected to generate new technology jobs in the region, according to the release.
“This is an exciting time for us at Alion as we grow along with our neighbors in the local Crane community,” said Bruce Samuelsen, chief operating officer for Alion Science and Technology, in the release.
The 40,000 square feet add to the WestGate at Crane Technology Park’s more than a quarter of a million square feet in technology and commercial facilities, and Alion joins more than 460 professionals working in the park. Phil O’Haver, chairman of the Daviess County Economic Development Corp., is a member of the WestGate Authority, a nine-person council overseeing the certified technology park.
“Alion’s expansion again demonstrates the value and critical contributions that the WestGate tech park makes, both to Indiana technology growth and to America’s defense industry,” O’Haver said in the release.