Defense Daily - Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said that its win last month for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) will help “expand” the defense industrial base beyond top-tier original equipment manufacturers like Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC].
The Air Force awarded SNC an up to $13 billion contract for the service’s SAOC to replace the Boeing E-4B “Nighwatch” fleet, based on the 747 passenger plane and used as a mobile national command authority in crisis situations, such as “doomsday” events (Defense Daily, Apr. 26)
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SNC is a trusted global leader in aerospace and national security. Our innovative solutions enable connected protection through command, control and communications systems, as well as ISR, cyber, electromagnetic spectrum management, and other high capabilities for national security systems across all domains – sea, land, air, space and cyber. As a longstanding leader in defense technology, SNC is at the optimum intersection of commercial, defense and non-traditional contractors. We are one of the only privately owned mid-tier A&D contractors and we pride ourselves on our ability to invest early and often to ensure mission success on or ahead of schedule. It's part of our mission to always stay one step ahead; working on solutions today to solve the problems of tomorrow. Founded in 1963, SNC is owned by Chairwoman Eren Ozmen and CEO Fatih Ozmen.