Sierra Nevada Company, LLC

Sierra Nevada Company, LLC and its subsidiaries provide advanced aerospace and defense solutions—aircraft modifications, specialized mission systems integration, communications platforms, and tactical training systems—as a prime contractor on federal defense and classified programs, with no set-aside posture and full and open competition across all recent awards.

Sierra Nevada is a woman-owned limited liability company headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado (with parent entity in Sparks, Nevada) and operates as a manufacturer of goods and systems integrator across NAICS 541512 (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and PSC codes spanning aircraft acquisition (42 awards) and logistics support (27 awards). The company competes exclusively in full-and-open federal procurements—no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other set-aside designations appear across its recent prime footprint.

The vendor's federal customer base is heavily concentrated on Air Force Materiel Command, which accounts for over 91% of recent award count. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base anchors the portfolio with 102 awards worth $4.7 billion in combined potential value, followed by the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base (2 awards, $46 billion in potential value, driven primarily by the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract), the Air Force proper (8 awards, $12.84 billion), Air Education and Training Command (12 awards, $172.9 million), and subordinate entities including Naval Air Warfare Center (2 awards, $15.2 million) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (1 award, $70.5 million). The dollar concentration is dominated by large ceiling vehicles: the EWAAC contract alone ($46 billion) and the definitive SAOC (Survivable Airborne Operations Center) contract ($12.27 billion) represent the majority of potential value despite modest task-order activity volumes.

Sierra Nevada holds seats on five major parent vehicles dominating task-order velocity. The BIG SAFARI Basic Ordering Agreement with Aeronautical Systems Center (FA862021G4009, $200 million ceiling, extended through September 2026) accounts for 92 task orders and $2.97 billion in combined potential value—the operational spine of the vendor's recent footprint. The Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC), a $46 billion multiple-award IDIQ awarded September 2021 and running through September 2031, anchors the strategic capacity but has seen minimal task-order issuance ($1,000 representative order in 2021). Sierra Nevada also holds an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate IDIQ ($900 million, multiple award, 10 task orders, $30.7 million combined value), a Naval Air Systems Command IDIQ ($1 billion-plus scope, 6 task orders, $12.7 million), and an Air Education and Training Command TSE (Tactical Systems Emulator) single-award IDC ($95 million, 12 task orders, $172.9 million). Recent representative work includes a $111.8 million BIG SAFARI delivery order (cost-plus-fixed-fee, July 2025, aircraft structural and subsystem integration); a $333.5 million BIG SAFARI delivery order (cost-plus-fixed-fee, November 2024, aircraft and mission system modifications); a $12.27 billion SAOC definitive contract (cost-plus-incentive, April 2024, survivable airborne operations center development through July 2036); a $75.2 million EPIC vehicle delivery order (cost-plus-fixed-fee, August 2024, PC-12 aircraft return-to-service and logistics support for Uzbekistan); a $70.5 million Customs and Border Protection aircraft modification contract (September 2023); and multiple Air Education and Training Command TSE classroom system and sustainment task orders ($2.4 million to $11.9 million, firm fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee).

Activity has grown steadily from 19 awards in 2022 to 38 awards in 2024, with 24 awards in 2025 and 5 to date in 2026 reflecting continued strong pipeline. However, 42 awards worth $1.8 billion in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating significant recompete exposure under the BIG SAFARI program and other active vehicles.

Service Contract Inventory data shows SCI-reported invoiced revenue of $429.5 million across FY2022–FY2024 ($940 thousand in FY2022, $190.2 million in FY2023, $238.4 million in FY2024), indicating scale-up from 1.9 FTEs in FY2022 to 75.2 FTEs in FY2023 to 126 FTEs in FY2024 on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold. These figures exclude classified work, goods purchases, and non-federal revenue. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates ranged from a 10th percentile of $213.05 per hour to a median of $308.83 per hour, with senior labor pricing through the 90th percentile at $1,064.55 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors accounted for an average of 12% of total contractor hours, with 12 named subs reported—indicating Sierra Nevada primarily delivers work through internal teams rather than heavy sub-reliance.

Sierra Nevada operates 99% as a prime contractor across recent awards (137 of 138), with only one recorded sub-award (CAE USA on a B-2 Training System contract in May 2025). The vendor subcontracts to major defense primes as well as specialized suppliers. Named prime customers who receive Sierra Nevada sub work include CAE USA (training systems). Conversely, Sierra Nevada subcontracts regularly to Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, L3Harris Technologies (including L3Harris Wescam, Harris Defense Communications), SpaceX, Collins Aerospace, Viasat, and specialized component suppliers (Pilatus Aircraft, Standard Aero, Zenith Aviation, Vista Aviation, Accu-Precision Tool & Gauge, cable and harness manufacturers, avionics integrators) across BIG SAFARI and SAOC work. The parent entity, Sierra Nevada Company LLC (Sparks, Nevada), holds additional significant vehicles including a $999.9 billion GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted Multiple Award contract. The subsidiary Straight Flight, LLC appears as a subcontractor on aircraft maintenance and structural repair tasks.

Sierra Nevada's capability profile centers on classified and advanced aerospace system integration—aircraft modifications, mission systems integration, communications suites, tactical systems emulation and training, and aircraft sustainment—executed as a prime systems integrator managing complex, multi-tier supply chains of major defense contractors and specialized component manufacturers. The vendor competes only in full-and-open procurements against a broad competitive set and derives revenue entirely from defense and intelligence community customers, with no commercial or civilian agency exposure in the recent footprint.