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SNC Says Its Design for USAF SAOC Moving Forward

SNC Says Its Design for USAF SAOC Moving Forward
Pictured are members of the 595th Command and Control Group and 55th Wing during a reopening of the E-4B hangar at Offutt AFB, Neb. on Feb. 21, 2023. The hangar underwent repairs for 22 months to repair damage caused by a flood in Nebraska in March, 2019 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said on Monday that it has completed another step in engineering and manufacturing development of the U.S. Air Force's planned survivable airborne operations center (SAOC) by transferring a Korean Air 747-8i aircraft from SNC's Aviation Innovation and Technology Center (AITC) in Dayton, Ohio, to Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) in Wichita, Kan. "SNC has strategically partnered with Wichita State University’s NIAR team to capitalize on its globally recognized expertise in the most…

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