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  • Sierra Nevada, Israel Aerospace Industries Plan Joint VOTL UAS Offering for US Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada, Israel Aerospace Industries Plan Joint VOTL UAS Offering for US Market

    Israel Aerospace Industries and Sierra Nevada Corp. have partnered to jointly develop an unmanned aircraft system with vertical takeoff-and-landing features. The partnership seeks to offer a tactical VTOL UAS to the U.S. defense market as both companies have observed a demand for unmanned aerial platforms that can support military air operations, IAI said Tuesday. The joint […] More

  • Sita Sonty Joins Sierra Nevada's DC Office as International Business VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sita Sonty Joins Sierra Nevada’s DC Office as International Business VP

    S. Sita Sonty, a more than 15-year foreign service veteran and previously a senior adviser for legislative affairs and administration at the State Department, has been named vice president of international business at Sierra Nevada Corp. She will work at SNC’s Washington, D.C office and manage a product portfolio designed for the aerospace, defense and […] More

  • Report: NASA Could Buy Additional Power & Propulsion Module for Lunar Outpost - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Could Buy Additional Power & Propulsion Module for Lunar Outpost

    NASA will consider the procurement of more than one power and propulsion module for a lunar outpost that will support future deep space missions, Space News reported Friday. Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said the agency might award more than one contact for the development and in-space testing of the Power and […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Gets USAF Precision Strike Package Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Gets USAF Precision Strike Package Contract Option

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a one-year, $19.9 million contract modification to provide additional services for the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft precision strike package. The Air Force exercised an option under a previously awarded contract that covers PSP logistics support for the Lockheed Martin-built AC-130J and AC-130W platforms, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the latest award brings the contract’s […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Completes Test Milestone for Dream Chaser Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Completes Test Milestone for Dream Chaser Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has achieved a contractual milestone with NASA for the company-built Dream Chaser spacecraft after a test vehicle completed a free-flight test in November. SNC said Friday Dream Chaser cleared Milestone 4B under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability contract, confirming that the spacecraft is designed to perform safe runway landings from space to Earth. NASA’s Commercial […] More

  • Triumph Group to Build Landing Gear System for Sierra Nevada's Cargo Space Plane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Triumph Group to Build Landing Gear System for Sierra Nevada’s Cargo Space Plane

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has awarded Triumph Group a contract to produce a landing gear system for a reusable lifting-body vehicle designed to support NASA‘s resupply mission to the International Space Station. Triumph said Tuesday it will provide main and nose landing gear along with integrated actuation technologies for door systems of Dream Chaser spacecraft SNC is building under its Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Completes Free Flight Test on Dream Chaser Test Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Completes Free Flight Test on Dream Chaser Test Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has conducted a free flight test of a spacecraft designed to deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract. The Dream Chaser test spacecraft was air-lifted by a Columbia 234-UT Chinook helicopter before the space vehicle performed a pre-planned flight and autonomous landing operation […] More

  • NASA, Sierra Nevada Put Dream Chaser Spacecraft Through Captive Carry Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Sierra Nevada Put Dream Chaser Spacecraft Through Captive Carry Test

    A Sierra Nevada Corp-built spacecraft has been subjected to a captive carry test at NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center under the second phase of flight tests designed to prepare the vehicle for a future orbital flight. SNC said Wednesday Dream Chaser tests are part of a Space Act Agreement the company and the space agency signed through the Commercial […] More

  • Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Teams Monitor Potential SOCOM Light Attack Aircraft Buy

    Industry participants in the U.S. Air Force‘s OA-X light attack aircraft demonstration are eyeing a separate opportunity to sell light attack planes to the U.S. Special Operations Command, Defense News reported. The Air Force released a presolicitation notice on FedBizOpps in July to gain industry feedback on “platform-agnostic” light attack aircraft technologies that can address the needs […] More

  • L3-Air Tractor Team to Join USAF Light Attack Aircraft Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3-Air Tractor Team to Join USAF Light Attack Aircraft Demo

    A team of L3 Technologies and Air Tractor will bring their light-attack aircraft to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to participate in the U.S. Air Force’s OA-X demonstration, DoD Buzz reported Monday. The companies will demonstrate their AT-802L Longsword aircraft through a two-day flight test that will kick off on Aug. 8. AT-802L […] More

  • 6 Companies to Build Deep Space Habitat Prototypes Under NASA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6 Companies to Build Deep Space Habitat Prototypes Under NASA Program

    Six companies aim to build ground prototypes of deep space habitat concepts through NASA‘s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 program. NASA said Friday prototypes from Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada Corp. and NanoRacks will help the agency assess configurations of proposed habitats and support tests that will validate standards and common interfaces currently under consideration. All […] More

  • MDA to Deliver Comms Subsystem for Sierra Nevada Cargo Delivery Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA to Deliver Comms Subsystem for Sierra Nevada Cargo Delivery Spacecraft

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a multimillion dollar contract from Sierra Nevada Corp. to deliver a communications subsystem for spacecraft SNC is developing under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services-2 program. MDA said Wednesday its communications subsystem will work to provide on-board communication signal processing support for the Dream Chaser spacecraft. Dream Chaser is slated to perform six cargo delivery missions […] More