Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)

Sensor-fusion systems that combine passive and active sensors for terrain and obstacle detection, geo-registered imagery and pilot/vehicle symbology to enable operations in obscurants.

Satellite bus used in the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) constellation, enabling 50% fewer satellites to carry 12x more machine-to-machine capacity and adding automatic identification system (AIS) services.

A spacecraft class with integration standardization support for maximum flexibility, advanced rideshare capabilities, simplified payload integration, extended mission life, and additional integrated payload capability. Includes command, telemetry, and power services to six payload ports. The SN-1000-based DSX spacecraft is the largest unmanned, self-supporting structure ever put into orbit.

Advanced electronic warfare solutions designed to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum and protect against signal threats.

A small size, weight and power (SWaP) technical electronic intelligence (ELINT) sub-system with advanced algorithms for enhanced battlespace edge. It scales across capabilities, operators, and channels to accommodate all platforms and applications, providing extended SIGINT capabilities including advanced detection algorithms, spinning DF, IDF, navigation ESM, and multi-channel emitter measurement.

A multi-channel technical ELINT solution capable of integrating with and controlling various antenna types, RF distributions, recording devices, and back-end user displays. It consists of three independently controlled tuners/digital receivers optimized for technical ELINT collection, analysis, and identification.

A ruggedized hardware and software solution optimized for size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints in austere environments, providing secure data brokerage across domains for tactical engagement in air, land, sea, and space.

A digital nervous system for secure data connectivity at the tactical edge, linking systems and sensors across all domains of tactical engagement globally for the U.S. DOD and strategic partners.

Counter-small UAS (C-sUAS) solution including cutting-edge electronic warfare products and C2 integration tools like the SNC TRAX® software with an open API, providing combat-proven reliability and superior effectiveness for C-UAS defense.

A digitally channelized High Probability of Intercept (HPOI) Electronic Support (ES) receiver providing radar detection, Mono-Pulse Precision Direction Finding (PDF), geolocation capabilities, and continuous full 16 GHz bandwidth staring from 0.5-18GHz frequency coverage with multiple narrow band drop channels.

A digitally channelized High Probability of Intercept (HPOI) Electronic Support (ES) receiver supporting mono-pulse Precision Direction Finding (PDF) and geolocation of signal intercepts with 0.5-18 GHz frequency coverage and continuous full 16 GHz bandwidth staring.

A system designed to automate the recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles for safe and efficient operations.

Provides precision automatic launch and recovery control during shipboard operations with rotary-wing and/or fixed-wing UAVs, enabling precision approach, guidance, and control to touchdown in adverse weather conditions without requiring UAV external pilots.

Integration services for large aircraft to incorporate ISR and mission systems.

Modification services for large aircraft by Sierra Nevada Corporation.

A modular power amplifier designed for vehicle integration to support electronic warfare applications.

A compact version of the modular vehicle power amplifier designed for vehicle integration in electronic warfare applications.

The APA-X is an extended version of the APA antenna panel assembly with frequency coverage from 0.5 to 40 GHz and similar size and weight specifications.

An antenna panel assembly designed for integration with sensor and mission systems to enhance communication and signal reception.

Flight-proven satellite bus used in U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s TacSat-2 and Demonstration and Science Experiment (DSX) programs. Flexible design supports three-axis stabilized free-flyer in low-Earth orbit and ESPA ring mounted bus for medium-Earth orbit.

Long endurance mission-critical asset for maritime defense, offering unmatched ISR capability and operational flexibility. Integrated with SNC’s Digital Grid™ solution for strategic interoperability and real-time information sharing. Can operate fully autonomously or be human-controlled. Highly reconfigurable with modular hardware and open architecture for new payloads.

Low-cost, 50 kg class, multiple-payload hosting satellite platform used in STPSat-5 mission.

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite bus with 50 kg dry bus mass and 20 kg payload mass, designed for standard ESPA configuration.

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite bus with 200 kg dry bus mass and 150 kg payload mass, designed for ESPA Grande/Grande Dedicated Launch configuration.

SNC's Voly Solution is a hybrid vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed for reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) in large-scale combat operations. It offers the ability to carry cargo, additional fuel, and Multi-INT sensors, optimized for contested logistics and forward deployment.

AEGIR Autonomous USV by Sierra Nevada Corporation, an autonomous unmanned surface vessel designed for tactical maritime operations.

SNC's LTA-HAPS provides global, persistent, and uninterrupted ISR from the stratosphere with near real-time communication capabilities. It features 60+ day missions at altitudes up to 75,000 feet, multi-mission flexibility with reconfigurable payloads, and an open architecture for data collection and sharing.

A modular C5ISR tactical architecture providing direct support to ground and maritime forces with enhanced situational awareness through various payloads, sensors, data links, and communication networks. It leverages high altitude platforms to deliver ISR, electronic warfare, and communication capabilities in contested and resource-challenged areas.

Largest variant in the AEGIR family, a 49-foot multi-role, multi-use delivery and reconnaissance platform. Supports diverse payload integrations with dual payload bays, adaptable for long-range missions and various operational requirements. Highly reconfigurable with modular hardware and open architecture.

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite bus with 115 kg dry bus mass and 100 kg payload mass, designed for ESPA configuration.

SNC Scorpion® Aircraft by Sierra Nevada Corporation, a tactical aircraft platform designed for special operations and ISR missions.

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite bus with 80 kg dry bus mass and 50 kg payload mass, designed for ESPA configuration.

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite bus with 220 kg dry bus mass and 150 kg payload mass, designed for ESPA configuration.

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite bus with 50 kg dry bus mass and 20 kg payload mass, designed for standard ESPA configuration.

Spacecraft built and delivered by SNC, launched on December 3, 2018 for the Space Test Program office at the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Utilizes the SN-50 Microsat spacecraft platform, a low-cost, 50 kg class, multiple-payload hosting platform.

A high-performance, cost-effective platform engineered for stealth. Under seven feet in length, speed of seven knots, electric propulsion for efficient and quiet operation. Designed for single use, kinetic missions in the final operational mile.

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite bus with 900 kg dry bus mass and 1086 kg payload mass, designed for hosting six standard ESPA hosted or deployed payloads.

Multi-Function Electronic Warfare systems by Sierra Nevada Corporation designed for tactical electronic warfare missions.

Sierra Fusion is SNC’s real-time sensor fusion and augmented 3D world model providing a common operating picture to enhance 360° situational awareness, safety, targeting, mission command, and networked lethality to air vehicles, ground vehicles, and dismounted soldiers in all environments.

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite bus with 120 kg dry bus mass and 40 kg payload mass, designed for ESPA configuration.

Turnkey aircraft solutions with modular and configurable technical solutions for multi-mission ISR, maritime flight, air transport, customs and border protection, pilot services, quick reaction capability, FSR support and C4ISR integration. Hosted fleet with unique land and maritime flight capabilities, including multi-intelligence, Ka/Ku Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) and long endurance for up to nine hours.

RAPCON-X is an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (AISR) platform built on a current production commercial derivative aircraft, offering high reliability, superior range, endurance, and an operational envelope for survivability in peer-to-peer and near-peer environments.

A comprehensive electronic warfare system providing full-spectrum electronic support measures and electronic intelligence capabilities.

An electronic warfare system delivering advanced threat detection, identification, and countermeasures with real-time situational awareness and effective defense against diverse electronic threats. Proven in combat with over 4,000 deployments to defeat Group 1-3 UAS.

An electronic warfare system providing advanced threat detection, identification, and countermeasures, enhancing real-time situational awareness and defense against electronic threats.

Freedom for UJTS by Sierra Nevada Corporation, a tactical solution product supporting unmanned joint tactical systems.

An airborne electronic support measures system providing signals intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities for airborne platforms.

SNC's Intel Lakehouse is a data fusion and analytics platform leveraging LEO RF satellite constellation, commercial data lakes, and advanced RF and EW sensors, enhanced with AI/ML for data fusion, analytics, and Tip & Cue capabilities. It integrates with TRAX Edge™ software to provide informed decision making and predictive insights for platforms, ground stations, or warfighters.

A modular open systems approach (MOSA) solution tailored for Team Invictus, providing flexible and scalable sensor and mission system integration.

X-Edge is SNC's next-generation, JITC-certified JADC2 solution providing integrated command and control battlefield capabilities with AI/ML, advanced tactical networking, and the OMNI operating model. It offers improved user experience, performance, flexibility, and real-time mission capabilities with a sleek browser-based interface and enhanced visualization.

Cybersecurity tools that protect space mission systems from all cyber threats with on-board security, extensible architecture, insider threat mitigation, system monitoring, and anomaly detection, operating on space qualified hardware and adaptable to various space vehicle sizes and mission risk postures.

The Keris ESM system provides small form factor radio frequency (RF) signal detection, collection, and parametrization from 100MHz to 18GHz, designed for installation on small crewed, uncrewed, high altitude, and unattended platforms. It reduces size, weight, and power (SWaP) needed to detect, identify, and collect modern radar and communications signals.

A digital signals intelligence system designed for comprehensive signal detection and analysis.

AdaptiveWaves™ is a unique RF Infrastructure utilizing key SNC components including a smart digital antenna, multi-function RF, web-enabled counter UAS (CUAS), Integrated EW processing and electronic warfare battlespace management monitoring capability. It enables electronic attack, radar ESM, spectral monitoring and beam forming, providing infrastructure for agile communications in contested environments.

SNC's CUAS technology provides an efficient and effective tool for defeating current and emerging UAS controller technology with a single-box solution reducing size, weight, and power burden for dismounted teams or tactical and non-tactical vehicle platforms.

M-28 Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA) by Sierra Nevada Corporation, a multi-role tactical aircraft platform for special operations.

The SNC Digital High Probability of Intercept Receiver (Digital HPOI) is a continuously staring intercept receiver system providing spectral situational awareness display, emitter lists, and pulse capture with nearly 100% probability of intercept. It consists of three RF input bands, tuners/digital receivers, and user displays, designed for integration within larger ESM subsystems.

An integrated Air/Ground software tool that routes data between incompatible hardware and software applications, providing digital interoperability across the battlespace for C5ISR missions at strategic, operational, and tactical levels.

TRAX Edge is SNC's next-generation, JITC-certified JADC2 solution that connects battlefield players through AI/ML, advanced tactical networking, and the OMNI operating model. It offers improved user experience, performance, flexibility, and rapid customization for integrated command and control.

A satellite constellation system designed to provide advanced digital RF capabilities and support multi-domain operations.

A tactical controller supporting government operations with over 8,000 units deployed.

A security solution designed to provide defensible security measures in cyber operations.

Connectivity solutions by Sierra Nevada Corporation to support tactical and special operations communications.

Next-generation NC3 capabilities aircraft system to recapitalize the costly E-4B fleet, developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation and partners.

An integrated solution providing installation kits for numerous intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance (ISR) radars & sensors onto the Beechcraft King Air 300 series aircraft, enabling Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) communications.

A multi-channel Technical ELINT solution capable of integrating with various antenna types, RF distributions, recording devices, and user displays for detection, interception, identification, and direction finding of complex radar emitters in a small size, weight, and power form factor.

A multi-client, web-based user dashboard for visualization and plugin management supporting Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) from a modern cloud-native framework.

An automatic landing system specifically tailored for land-based UAV operations in small areas, providing all weather, day-night ruggedized performance with a successful recovery rate exceeding 99.95%.

A mobile expeditionary air defense (EAAD) kinetic system combining advanced radar, missile, and command technologies with variable payloads to detect, track, and neutralize diverse airborne threats. Modular, vehicle-agnostic design offering layered defense spanning 1–9 km. Munition agnostic with integration capability for less lethal kinetic weapons and advanced precision kill weapon systems.

A receiver processor assembly used in sensor and mission systems for signal processing and intelligence gathering.

A counter-drone system mounted on a Chevy Colorado pickup truck, designed to work on the move for mobile drone defeat.

A system designed to detect, analyze, and report threats in real-time for defense applications.

A mission system designed and integrated by SNC for the KC-130J aircraft, enhancing its operational capabilities.

A mobile expeditionary air defense system proven with over 400 combat kills against Group 3-5 UAS. Designed for agility and rapid deployment, combining advanced radar, missile, and command technologies with variable payloads to detect, track, and neutralize diverse airborne threats. Modular, vehicle-agnostic design offering layered defense spanning 1–6 km. Munition agnostic with integration capability for less lethal kinetic weapons and advanced precision kill weapon systems.

Mission system designed and integrated for the AC-130 gunship to enhance combat and operational capabilities.

Modification services for King Air aircraft to support ISR missions.

Re-engineering the connected battlefield through interoperable digital RF solutions from sensor-to-shooter across all domains.

Simple Key Loader (SKL) by Sierra Nevada Corporation for secure key management in tactical communications.

TarnHus™ is a state-of-the-art data lakehouse that utilizes advanced IQ capabilities and large language models to ingest, process and host large volumes of signal data, providing near real-time data processing and analysis for military missions.

A ground-based automated electronic intelligence system for wideband digital ELINT analysis and signal collection.

A zero-compromise training solution designed for the U.S. Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) program, developed through a strategic collaboration combining SNC’s clean-sheet design with expertise from Northrop Grumman and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

PC-12 Aircraft Modifications by Sierra Nevada Corporation, customized modifications for PC-12 aircraft to support tactical missions.

SignalNet™ is a digital first mini enterprise solution for combined operations, providing interconnected mini enterprise for combined mass effects in RF with participant broadcast and C2 channel for collaborative operations and remoting.

A secure ultra-wideband network solution for tactical communication and data transfer in defense environments.

A digital grid solution for secure and efficient information operations.

Radio frequency countermeasure systems integrated into AC-130J and MC-130J aircraft to enhance electronic warfare capabilities.

A laboratory or innovation center focused on developing interoperable information intelligence solutions.

An advanced cryptographic key loading device designed to upgrade the SKL, providing secure DOD key management infrastructure network systems. Supports secure high-speed, high-capacity voice, data, and video communications for the U.S. Army and mission partners.

Airborne mission networking system designed and integrated for the MC-130J aircraft to support communication and mission coordination.

Design and certification services for wing station hard points on large aircraft, enabling the attachment of mission equipment and payloads.

Integration of side heads-up display systems into the AC-130J aircraft to improve pilot situational awareness and mission effectiveness.

Automatic landing system for carrier-based aircraft by Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Ground station for differential GPS by Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Modification services for C-130 aircraft by Sierra Nevada Corporation.