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Sierra Space Launches Defense Unit With Plans To Expand Manufacturing

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

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Sierra Space Launches Defense Unit With Plans To Expand Manufacturing

Sierra Space has chartered a new defense unit, and plans to add more manufacturing space. Photo: Sierra Space

Commercial space company Sierra Space has created a new business unit focused on its growing defense business, and as part of the shift is expanding its manufacturing capacity to meet accelerating needs, the company said on Wednesday. Sierra Space Defense will be led by Erik Daehler, a Sierra Space vice president. Sierra Space has 1,600 employees with about 500 working on defense projects, he told Defense Daily in an email reply to questions. In the past two years, Sierra Space…

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