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SNC Says Its Selection for SAOC A Jumping Off Point for DIB Expansion

SNC Says Its Selection for SAOC A Jumping Off Point for DIB Expansion
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, center left, flies the E-4B simulator during a training mission prior to a check ride on the E-4B, at Offutt AFB, Neb. on Jan. 23. During the check ride, Armagost earned his senior officer qualification on the E-4B, becoming the first Eighth Air Force commander to do so, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said that its win last month for the U.S. Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) will help "expand" the defense industrial base beyond top-tier original equipment manufacturers like Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]. The Air Force awarded SNC an up to $13 billion contract for the service's SAOC to replace the Boeing E-4B “Nighwatch” fleet, based on the 747 passenger plane and used as a mobile national command authority in…

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