Sierra Nevada Corporation

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a privately held aerospace and national security company founded in 1963. It develops open-architecture technology solutions for customers across air, land, sea, space and cyber, serving as a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA. The company employs more than 4,000 people worldwide and is described as a multi-billion-dollar business, having grown from a small engineering firm operating out of an airplane hangar.

Its technical work spans aerospace engineering, aircraft integration and modification, secure Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) solutions, digital radio frequency systems, space systems, spaceplane technology and cyber. Among its products is the Dream Chaser spaceplane, which is used in support of space missions; SNC is associated with over 500 successful space missions, including 14 to Mars. The company also provides aircraft integration and modification services and digital RF systems for defence and national security applications.

SNC describes its culture as rooted in trust, truth and transparency, with an emphasis on collaborative working environments, disruptive innovation and speed. The company states that employees are engaged in mission-driven work intended to safeguard freedom, and frames its purpose around technology and imagination in service of national security and space exploration. It operates primarily in the United States with global operations, and can be reached via its website at https://sncorp.com/.