Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is an American aerospace and defense company that participates in space-related activities. Through its subsidiary Sierra Space, it is developing the Dream Chaser spaceplane for cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract. SNC also partners with organizations like Blue Origin to develop components for commercial space stations like Orbital Reef. SNC serves customers like NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, providing solutions in areas such as aircraft modification, space technologies, and integration of space systems.
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Leonardo UK Ltd. and its U.S.-based subsidiary Leonardo Electronics US Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sierra Nevada Corporation to jointly address a range of international defence and security markets.
Sierra Nevada Corporation has more than 40 locations across 19 U.S. states.
Sierra Nevada Corporation selected Leonardo as its radar supplier of choice for maritime patrol aircraft programs.
Sierra Nevada Corporation will support the further development of Leonardo Electronics US Inc. as it expands its engineering, assembly, and manufacturing capabilities.
World View has a strategic partnership with Sierra Nevada Corporation under which SNC will buy a minimum number of flights annually over five years with the 2023 minimum set at $5,000,000.
ESEN was established in 2012 as an affiliated company of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC).
Sierra Nevada Corporation spun off Sierra Space as a standalone company in 2021.
On 2022-03-07, Spire agreed to build four six-unit cubesats for Sierra Nevada Corporation for radio-frequency intelligence, including identifying sources of interference.
In spring 2021, Sierra Nevada Corporation transitioned its Space Systems business area into an independent commercial space company named Sierra Space.
The Spire–Sierra Nevada Corporation program will provide insight into how military and government organizations can better manage RF emissions and safeguard against RF and GPS interference.
Sierra Nevada Corporation brings more than 12 years of artificial intelligence and machine learning experience developing advanced algorithms, analytics, process automation, and leading laboratories.
Sierra Space was spun out of Sierra Nevada Corporation in 2021.
SNC spun off its space division, which was established in 2008, into Sierra Space in April to allow Sierra Space to take outside investment.
Sierra Nevada Corporation, the privately held parent company of Sierra Space, has invested more than $1,000,000,000 into Dream Chaser development.
Sierra Nevada competed for a CCtCap contract in 2014 with its Dream Chaser lifting-body vehicle and lost to Boeing and SpaceX.
The Government Accountability Office rejected Sierra Nevada’s protest of the 2014 CCtCap contract award.
Sierra Space is the space division spun off from Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Sierra Nevada won a NASA Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station using a cargo version of Dream Chaser.
Sierra Space was established as a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation in April to better capture anticipated growth in commercial space using Dream Chaser and future commercial space stations.
SNC transitioned its space business to Sierra Space earlier 2021-05.