Sierra Nevada Company, LLC

Sierra Nevada Company, LLC, a woman-owned aerospace and national security firm based in Sparks, Nevada, operates as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) and subcontractor across federal defense, aerospace, and special operations portfolios, competing full-and-open with no set-aside posture. The company manufactures mission-critical aerospace products, sensor systems, communications equipment, and integration services across aircraft modifications, electronic warfare systems, cryptographic devices, and avionics—work grounded in a $47.57 billion combined potential-value award portfolio spanning 2,970 prime and sub awards since 1984.

Sierra Nevada's customer concentration reflects deep Air Force dominance. The Aeronautical Systems Center and Wright-Patterson Life Cycle Management Center together account for 820 awards and $17.35 billion in combined potential value—37% of the vendor's total dollar exposure. Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Warfare Center together represent 160 awards and $8.34 billion, and Special Operations Command represents 165 awards and $3.46 billion. Together these five customers cover 66% of combined potential value across 1,184 awards. The Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command places high volume (430 awards) but low average value ($311 million combined), indicating a mix of discrete component procurement and systems sustainment work.

Four parent vehicles anchor Sierra Nevada's federal delivery infrastructure. The Aeronautical Systems Center's BIG SAFARI Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA862006G4026), a $249.9 million IDIQ awarded September 2023, supports 207 task orders totaling $3.42 billion for classified special-access aerospace development and rapid prototyping. A Basic Ordering Agreement (FA862011G4020) carries 230 task orders worth $2.16 billion in classified work. The company holds a $400 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle with Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (issued July 2024) for MC-130J Airborne Mission Networking Kits and contractor logistics support, with three delivery orders already issued totaling $321.98 million. Most recently, Sierra Nevada received a $1.41 billion single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from U.S. Special Operations Command (June 2025) for the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) with four delivery orders issued totaling $101.2 million. The company also holds a $999,999,999,999 placeholder-ceiling GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted Multiple Award contract (December 2024) spanning five-year ordering through December 2029 and a $151 billion multi-award SHIELD IDIQ from the Missile Defense Agency (December 2025) for layered air-defense system development and integration.

Concrete capability framing derives from representative recent awards. In April 2026, Sierra Nevada received a $1.06 billion cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex for software sustainment under an indefinite delivery contract. In February 2026, Naval Air Systems Command issued a $38.5 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for P-8A Poseidon high-band hardware procurement. In September 2025, the Army Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $27.7 million definitive contract for development of a Common Modular Open Systems Approach for recomposable C5ISR/EW/PNT capabilities. In June 2025, Special Operations Command issued a $44.8 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for DVEPS units without camera and a separate $40.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for Synthetic Vision Avionics Backbone technology refresh. In May 2025, the Army's PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical awarded an $18.2 million delivery order under a sole-source IDIQ for command-control-communications systems. These awards span sensor development, avionics integration, cryptographic device manufacturing, electronic warfare systems sustainment, and software-defined networking across maritime patrol aircraft, special operations platforms, ground-based air defense, and command infrastructure.

Activity momentum shows contraction. Awards per year declined from 138 in 2023 and 131 in 2024 to 87 in 2025 and 32 through mid-2026—a trajectory consistent with the vendor's maturity across long-term IDIQs. However, recompete exposure concentrates risk: 117 awards (combined potential value $1.37 billion) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, primarily across BIG SAFARI refresh cycles and Navy sustainment vehicles.

Sierra Nevada operates predominantly as a systems integrator on prime contracts. Across SCI-reportable service contracts (the only federal services data above the $150,000 reporting threshold), the vendor invoiced $175.6 million across FY2022–FY2024 as a prime contractor: $34.4 million in FY2022 across 48.7 FTEs, $102.1 million in FY2023 across 107 FTEs, and $39.1 million in FY2024 across 36.6 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI records span $149.11/hr at the 10th percentile to $2,216.34/hr at the 90th percentile (median $252.27/hr), reflecting a mix of technical and engineering labor alongside specialized senior consultant roles. The vendor reports an average 3% sub-hours share across prime contracts, with seven named subcontractors appearing in SCI data—a low subcontracting share that indicates Sierra Nevada builds and staffs most delivery capability in-house rather than leaning on subs for core execution. On GSA Schedule GS35F4348D, the vendor offers 28 labor categories priced $107.04–$429.68/hr (no security clearances required) spanning business operations, systems engineering, and senior technical roles without degree premium above bachelor's level.

Subcontractor footprint shows strategic teaming with primes on classified and special-access work. Sierra Nevada appears as a named subcontractor to Lockheed Martin Corporation (on P-8A sustainment, RC-135 electronic warfare, and combat training support), L3Harris Technologies (on RC-135 sustainment and BIG SAFARI programs), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (on MQ-9B production and performance-based logistics), Leidos (on signals-intelligence support and sensor-capability sustainment), and nine other primes across intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communications, and mission-systems integration domains. These sub engagements represent 131 awards—4% of the total footprint—and reflect the vendor's role as a specialized integrator embedded in larger defense-contractor-led initiatives.

Corporate structure encompasses 20 named subsidiaries including Spacedev, Inc. (Subchapter S, woman-owned, manufacturer of goods), Orbital Technologies Corporation (Subchapter S, woman-owned, manufacturer), and multiple Sierra Nevada Company LLC entities with varying registration structures (LLC, Subchapter S, and manufacturer designations across different legal registrations). The parent is a For Profit Organization, Limited Liability Company, Manufacturer of Goods operating woman-owned under federal designation.

Activity trajectory and recompete risk present a competitive signal. Although raw award counts have contracted, the vendor's concentration in classified programs (BIG SAFARI, special-access DVEPS, SHIELD) and large-dollar IDIQ vehicles ($1.41B DVEPS, $400M Airborne Mission Networking, $249.9M BIG SAFARI, $999.9B+ OASIS+) insulates near-term revenue. The recompete cliff of $1.37 billion across 117 awards in the next twenty-four months, combined with the vendor's established sole-source and single-award posture across Special Operations Command and Missile Defense Agency vehicles, suggests limited new-competition exposure on its highest-value programs while competitor entry remains concentrated on smaller task-order opportunities under shared IDIQs like OASIS+ and BIG SAFARI.