Sierra Space has partnered with Belcan to leverage the latter’s engineering capabilities to support the space company’s efforts focused on building commercial low-Earth orbit space transportation and infrastructures. The multi-year agreement covers design, analysis, systems and software engineering, program management, manufacturing engineering, supply chain technologies and other services for the Sierra Space transportation and destination […] More

Gayle Grasso brings her over three decades of experience in information technology sales to management consulting firm Sierra7, where she will serve as director of business development. Sierra7 said Monday Grasso will support the Falls Church, Virginia-based consultant’s work with the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation, the Veterans […] More

Blue Origin and Sierra Space will jointly create a new space station that will operate in low Earth orbit to foster development and human space exploration. The Orbital Reef station is envisioned to support research, industrial, international and commercial pursuits to expand the scope of markets applicable to space, Blue Origin said Monday. The future […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed its two-year mission to perform three space research projects in medium Earth Orbit for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft, now handled by SNC’s Sierra Space subsidiary, deployed 13 payloads for the research areas meant to advance the Department of Defense’s capability to send spacecraft […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration has come up with a project website to inform the public about the proposed plan of a Sierra Nevada subsidiary to use the Space Florida Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida, for reentry operations of its Dream Chaser vehicle. FAA said Friday Dream Chaser is a reusable reentry spaceplane from Sierra […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has delivered another Mission Enhancement Kit for the King Air 350 aircraft to the U.S. Army in an effort to expand the capabilities of its fleet of enhanced medium altitude reconnaissance and surveillance systems. The seventh fully integrated MEK aircraft delivery is part of a contract from the Army, which has acquired […] More

Unanet has partnered with Sierra7 and provided it with enterprise resource planning tool to help it operate more efficiently and have greater insights into project management. Assad Jarrahian, chief product officer at Unanet, said in a statement published Monday the company’s ERP offering will assist Sierra7 in meeting the critical needs of its clients, including […] More

Sierra Space, a space-focused subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corp., has partnered with Redwire to jointly provide in-space manufacturing support. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two companies allows Redwire to use Sierra Space’s technologies for a variety of in-space manufacturing activities and services, SNC said Wednesday. Sierra Space has engaged in multiple partnerships that […] More

The Air National Guard has tapped Sierra Nevada Corp. to equip the security force's EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft with new Link 16 communications. The tactical datalink update would allow the military reserve's aircraft to communicate on the Link-16 network that provides situational awareness across the U.S. Air Force fleet and other users, SNC said Monday.

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered two more Sierra Nevada Corp. multimission planes that are based on the Beechcraft King Air 350 twin-turboprop aircraft and equipped with passive and active sensors.

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Sierra Nevada Corp. has been selected to advance to the third phase of a U.S. Army competition to develop a system that can help pilots operate in fog, dirt and other limited visibility conditions, National Defense reported Friday.

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Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $12.4M contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize equipment for air traffic control and landing functions aboard aircraft carriers.

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