SPARKS, Nev., July 01, 2015 – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) congratulates Johann-Dietrich Wörner, former chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), on his new position as the director general (DG) of the European Space Agency (ESA). Mr. Wörner succeeds Jean-Jacques Dordain.
“SNC is looking forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with ESA under Mr. Wörner’s leadership,” said Mark N. Sirangelo, corporate vice president of SNC’s Space Systems. “Mr. Wörner is a space visionary working to ensure future generations are able to build upon the past and current successes of ESA and its membership while embracing an exciting, dynamic, and transformative future filled with significant opportunities and extraordinary results. The international space community will greatly benefit from his leadership.”
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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.