Legacy Aerospace Company Becomes Exclusive Partner With Sierra Nevada Corp On NASA Contract

The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser team has been joined by Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Littleton, CO, in an exclusive partnership on NASA's Certification Products Contract (CPC), and has been competitively selected to build the composite structure for the Dream Chaser at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, LA.

"The SNC team is thrilled that Lockheed Martin will be joining our expanding world-class team of partner organizations also working to certify the Dream Chaser Space System for crewed flights to the International Space Station for NASA,” said Mark Sirangelo, corporate vice president and head of SNC’s Space Systems.

Lockheed Martin is developing NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), and brings extensive and current experience in obtaining NASA certification for a crewed flight vehicle to the Dream Chaser program. The composite structure for the Dream Chaser flight test vehicle is being built under the SNC $212.5 million Space Act Agreement for the NASA Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Program. This effort leverages the extensive Lockheed Martin experience in building composite structures for spacecraft and high performance aircraft.

The SNC and Lockheed Martin partnership represents the best of entrepreneurial spirit and established space mission success, collaborating on vehicle development, certification and reaching additional customer markets for the Dream Chaser orbital vehicle.

(Dream Chaser image provided by SNC)

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