NX-Alpha was one of three test vehicles, along with the NX-Beta and the NX-Delta, used in Starfleet's NX Project, the effort to test and refine the warp five engine designed by Henry Archer. As such, it was a predecessor of the NX-class starship.

The model comes with stand in a nice display carton and English original magazine, magazines can have wrinkles due to its original packaging.