MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted for support in assessing commercial and government off-the-shelf technologies to rapidly meet the needs of soldiers in combat.
Alion Science and Technology said that under the $30 million contract from the Army Rapid Equipping Force, it will conduct engineering, reliability and risk assessments -- as well as operational tests in a combat environment -- of COTS and GOTS technologies.