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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Sierra Space’s Space Systems division traces its manufacturing heritage to Sierra Nevada Corporation’s work on NASA and U.S. Department of Defense missions including GPS III, Mars 2020, MAVEN, and Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) spacecraft.
The National Reconnaissance Office selected HEO, SatVu, and Sierra Nevada Corporation in the first tranche of contracts under its Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening program.
The National Reconnaissance Office selected HEO, SatVu, and Sierra Nevada Corporation in the first tranche of its Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening program.
At Sierra Nevada Corporation’s space business, Gregg Burgess served as Chief Technology Officer and his team developed the Dream Chaser spaceplane and advanced solar panel technology.
Exolaunch customers on Transporter-16 included two Flylab satellites for French research lab ONERA, three satellites for HawkEye 360, three Vindlér radio frequency monitoring satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation built by Muon Space, and 10 satellites for Spire.
Sierra Nevada Corporation launched three satellites aimed at detecting dark vessels and GPS jammers from low Earth orbit.
WB-57F 63-13295 was removed from AMARG storage, trucked to Colorado, refurbished by Sierra Nevada Corporation, and flown to Ellington Air Force Base on August 9, 2013 where it was turned over to NASA as NASA 927.
Sierra Nevada Corporation will supply radio frequency capabilities under the initial tranche of NRO commercial awards.
Near-term missions for Muon Space include deployments for Sierra Nevada Corporation supporting the Vindlér 2.0 constellation for RF collection and analytics functionality.
Muon Space has three RF sensing satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation planned to launch in Q1.
Muon Space has near-term missions supporting Sierra Nevada Corporation's Vindler 2.0 constellation for RF collection and analytics with the first three satellites scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2026.
Sierra Nevada Corporation won a $1,000,000,000 contract to build HADES (High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System) specialized intelligence aircraft.
Sierra Space is bringing on 150 people from Sierra Nevada Corporation with security clearances to work on classified projects as it builds up a national security business unit.
Sierra Space was spun off from Sierra Nevada Corporation in 2021.
Sierra Nevada Corporation positioned the two RAPCON-X Bombardier Global 6500 jets to have both aircraft operational by 2024-07-01.
Sierra Nevada Corporation was awarded a multi-year, $554-million contract to deliver aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance jets in support of the U.S. Army’s Theater Level High-Altitude Expeditionary Next Aerial–Signals Intelligence (ATHENA-S) project.
Sierra Nevada Corporation took possession of two RAPCON-X Bombardier Global 6500 jets in 2022.
Spire launched four Vindlér satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation carrying radio frequency technology to detect and geolocate objects from LEO based on targeted RF emissions from VHF to L-band.
Spire launched the Vindlér satellite constellation of four satellites for Sierra Nevada Corporation carrying radio frequency technology to detect and geolocate targeted RF emissions from VHF to L-band.
Sierra Nevada Corporation chose Leonardo to supply the Osprey 50 E-scan surveillance radar for the RAPCON-X intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft.