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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2006

ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware	333-89756	54-2061691
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


10 West 35th Street		1750 Tysons Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60616		Suite 1300
(312) 567-4000		McLean, VA 22102
		(703) 918-4480

(Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On March 31, 2006, Alion Science and Technology Corporation (the “Company”) sold approximately $5.6 million worth of common stock to the Alion Science and Technology Corporation Employee Ownership, Savings and Investment Trust (the “ESOP trust”). The per share price to be ascribed to the common stock for such sale will be determined in a valuation of the common stock to be performed as of March 31, 2006. In connection with this valuation, the trustee of the ESOP trust, State Street Bank & Trust Company, has engaged Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Financial Advisors, Inc. to assist the trustee in establishing a value for the Company’s common stock as of March 31, 2006. The valuation is expected to be completed by May 15, 2006.

The shares of common stock were sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 28, 2006


ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:	/s/ John M. Hughes
	Name:	John M. Hughes
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer