DAYTON, OHIO (September 3, 2025) – SNC, the global aerospace and national security company, has commenced early risk reduction flight testing under the US Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) contract. On August 7, the first company-led flight occurred as part of the SAOC Engineering & Manufacturing Development effort delivering next-generation airborne command and control capabilities. These early test flights will reduce development risk to the program to ensure on-time delivery of the modernized E-4C aircraft.
Flight and ground testing will continue into 2026 to establish the technical design baseline. Activities will primarily occur in Dayton, Ohio and Wichita, Kansas. Accomplishing these test activities early in the developmental program was a distinguishing aspect of SNC’s innovative approach to manage risk and avoid problems from arising later in the schedule.
Over the past year, SNC has completed all planned milestones under the SAOC program. Just six weeks after contract award, in June 2024, SNC welcomed the first 747-8i to the AITC at Dayton International Airport. Four months later, in October 2024, SNC celebrated the opening of a second state-of-the-art hangar while simultaneously breaking ground on two additional hangars. The additional hangars are proceeding ahead of schedule, with the next facility opening for operations in October 2025 and more than 650,000 square feet supporting the USAF there by early 2026. This expansion underscores SNC’s commitment to investing early in our capabilities and scaling the Enterprise to meet the needs of the SAOC program. Three additional 747-8i have been delivered to SNC.
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About SNC
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.
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