Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has teamed up with Sierra Nevada Corp. to integrate an open architecture-based mission system into the Bell 360 Invictus offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft competition. SNC will provide integration support to the Modular Open Systems Approach that will serve as the digital backbone of Team Invictus’ proposed […] More

Volansi has partnered with Sierra Nevada Corp. to provide the U.S. Army with an unmanned aircraft system offering designed for vertical take-off and landing. The Army selected the Volansi/SNC VTOL platform as a potential product under the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Increment 2 program, as a result of the technology’s durability and redundancy, Volansi […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has updated two Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System aircraft for the U.S. Army using the company’s modernization kit. The Army took delivery of the eight and ninth EMARSS with the King Air 350 Mission Enhancement Kit designed to increase reduce the weight and sound signature of the vehicle, SNC said […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a $48.3 million contract to provide two more sensors-equipped aircraft that would help U.S. Customs and Border Protection detect and track border security threats. The pair of Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft will support CBP's surveillance across border areas that pose environmental challenges, such as austere weather and terrain obstacles, SNC said Tuesday.

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Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies has developed a propulsion concept as part of NASA-funded research into systems for potential use in deep space test flights.

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The U.S. Air Force plans to award a sole-source contract to the Sierra Nevada Corp.-Embraer team for the production of light attack aircraft global missions, Defense News reported Thursday.

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Textron and a team of Sierra Nevada Corp. and Embraer have brought their respective light-attack aircraft to the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to prepare for the U.S. Air Force‘s OA-X experiment that will start on July 31, Defense News reported Wednesday. OA-X will help the Air Force decide whether to pursue a program of […] More

A joint venture of PAE and SNC-Lavalin has won a potential $400 million follow-on contract with a potential $400 million worth to provide logistics support to the Canadian military forces in Bosnia and Afghanistan. This second iteration of the Canadian Forces Contractor Augmentation Program is for an initial five-year base period with two two-year options and an […] More

Spire Global is providing the U.S. Space Force with GPS telemetry data collected through its constellation of 40 geolocation satellites to help the service detect jamming and other disruptions, SpaceNews reported Friday. The data collection effort is part of a Space Systems Command project that seeks to automate data analysis and generate intelligence data for […] More

Spire Global will develop four 6U LEMUR satellites for Sierra Nevada Corp. under a partnership on a space services program. The Spire satellites will enable SNC to perform radio frequency collection and analysis to provide insights for military and government agencies to help them manage RF emissions and protect against GPS and RF interference, Spire […] More

More companies are offering to pay younger employees in cryptocurrency as part of efforts to attract talent, CNBC reported Monday. One of those companies is independent ratings agency SharpRank, which taps influential college students or “campus captains” to help build up the startup’s user base by serving as brand ambassadors. Chris Adams, founder and CEO […] More

It has been two years since COVID-19 has struck the U.S. Despite the challenges the industries faced in dealing with the unknown, the government and the private sectors are working hand-in-hand to help America’s economy recover from the losses the pandemic has caused to the country. To further support the nation’s recovery from the effects […] More