Sierra Nevada Corp.

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2024.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft Group has named Nico Neumann as the new CEO of Deutsche Aircraft, which is developing a new version of the legacy Dornier 328.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance fleet’s first delivery and flight highlight progress made despite the stop-work order.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The new company, SNC AUS, will be based at Lot Fourteen, South Australia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
As a technicality threatens to disrupt the program, Army officials laid out long-term plans for fielding and upgrading the future HADES fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
SNC bested a team of L3Harris, Leidos and MAG Aerospace for the award.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The service said it expected a protest and will await the GAO’s decision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Embraer's Defense CEO declined to elaborate on the identities of the buyers, but several options are possible.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The three aircraft were first bought by the service in 2019 for the ill-fated Light Attack Experiment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
SNC won a U.S. Army award for ISR aircraft as it is breaking ground on a major site for the USAF “doomsday plane” program.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The award for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System is a 12-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $991.3 million.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
In late July, under a temporary military flight release from the Air Force, the companies conducted three test flights of a KC-135.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider, has raised $56.7 million in a Series B funding round.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Sierra Nevada will provide Finland with two Bombardier Challenger 650 surveillance aircraft, the country’s border guard says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada is starting work on the Air Force’s E-4B replacement and outlining teammates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Survivable Airborne Operations Center award was a major coup for SNC, which for decades has focused on smaller commercial-derivative modificationprograms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada Corp. confirmed it will start work on the next-generation Doomsday aircraft for the U.S. Air Force with five Boeing 747s from Korean Air Lines.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has partnered with Pyka to offer the startup’s electric uncrewed cargo aircraft to U.S. Defense Department customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Small, high-altitude balloons, business jets and loitering UAVs all feed into new targeting plans.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Survivable Airborne Operations Center selections favor private companies as major primes set sights on larger awards.
Budget, Policy & Operations