Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)

Employee size

1,001-5,000

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Vandalia, OH

Founded

1963

UEI

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CAGE

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Founded in 1963, privately owned Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) engineers and integrates aerospace and national-security systems, from modified aircraft and airborne intelligence platforms to open-architecture technologies for connected defense operations. Headquartered in Nevada, the company has grown into a global operation spanning more than 40 locations, with nearly 5,000 scientists, engineers and other professionals. SNC is particularly distinctive for combining aircraft modernization with secure ISR and tactical systems, including its RAPCON-X aerial ISR platform and digital command-and-control technologies.

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