Sierra Nevada Corporation

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Sierra Nevada Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryAerospace
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Headquarters
Sparks, Nevada
,
United States
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$2.4 billion (2021)[1]
Number of employees
5,000 (2022)[2][3]
SubsidiariesSierra Space
Websitesncorp.com

Sierra Nevada Corporation (also styled SNC) is an American aerospace, defense, electronics, engineering and manufacturing corporation[4] that specializes in aircraft modification, integration and other space technologies.[5] The corporation contracts with the Defense Department, NASA, and private spaceflight companies. The corporation is headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, and has 36 locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Turkey.[6]

As of October 2020, the corporation has participated in over 500 successful space missions, including 14 missions to Mars.[7][8] In 2021, the corporation created the subsidiary, Sierra Space, to continue working on the development of the Dream Chaser spaceplane and Commercial Space Station with Blue Origin[9][10] The organization is a multi-billion-dollar corporation with over 4,000 employees. Its main business is working with the US Department of Defense and NASA on contracts.[11][12]

  1. ^ "Sierra Nevada". Forbes.
  2. ^ "Who We Are | Sierra Nevada Corporation | SNC".
  3. ^ "About SNC". sncorp.com.
  4. ^ "Sierra Nevada | Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  5. ^ SNC, Sierra Nevada Corporation |. "Aerospace & Defense". www.sncorp.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  6. ^ "About Sierra Nevada Corporation".
  7. ^ "Sierra Space Overview" (PDF). NASA. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  8. ^ Maurer, Allan (29 July 2020). "Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launching Thursday includes 8 components made in Durham". WRAL Tech Wire. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  9. ^ NNBW staff report (4 August 2020). "NASA's Perseverance is 14th Mars mission supported by Sierra Nevada Corporation". Northern Nevada Business Weekly. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  10. ^ "NASA Awards International Space Station Cargo Transport Contracts". NASA. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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