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�Owner Operated Company

–Founded in 1963 and under consistent

management since 1993

�Corporate Overview

–2,000+ employees enterprise wide

–36 locations in 20 states across the US

–22 years experience supplying spacecraft

subsystems and components

�Strong Annual Growth

–Continuous profitability the last 13 years

–No long term

debt

–Significant R&D Budget

–Established flig

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and test capability

�Flown on over 400 space m

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�Over 4,000 systems, subsystems and

mechanisms flown with 100% on-orbit

success

�Seven Business Areas

Oakland, CA

Los G

atos, CA

Irvine, CA

San Antonio, TX

Plano, TX

Greenville, TX

Ft . Walton, FL

Huntsville, AL

Fayetteville, NC

WDC Office

Salt Lake City, UT

Dayton, OH

Stead, NV

Folsom, CA

Corporate HQ

Sparks, NV

Omaha, NE

Ft. W

ayne, IN

ISR

SST

CNS/ATM

C4N

EWR

IMS

SSG

Centennial, CO

(ISR + Straight Flight)

Columbia, MD

Hagerstown, MD

Herndon, VA

Durham, NC

Poway, CA

Clovis, NM

Louisville, CO

Englewood, CO

Idaho Falls, ID

Nashua, NH

Lakeside, CA

Houston, TX

Corporate Overview

SNC Enterprise

IMS

Integrated Mission

Systems

IMS

Integrated Mission

Systems

EWR

Electronic W

arfare/Range

Instrumentation

EWR

Electronic W

arfare/Range

Instrumentation

SST

System Sensors &

Technology

SST

System Sensors &

Technology

CNS/ATM

Communication,

Navigation,

Surveillance/Air Traffic

Management

CNS/ATM

Communication,

Navigation,

Surveillance/Air Traffic

Management

ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance

ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance

C4N

Command, Control,

Communication,

Computers and Networks

C4N

Command, Control,

Communication,

Computers and Networks

SSG

Space Systems Group

SSG

Space Systems Group

Satellite Systems

Orbcomm Gen 2

ChipSat

TacSat-2

Multi-Mission

Space Vehicle

Restraint

Pointing

and Control

Docking

and Capture

Deployable

Structures

Space Technologies

Gim

bals

Solar Array Drives

Propulsion Systems

Orbit Transfer

Green Hybrid

Engine

SolarTherm

al

Satellite Propulsion

Orbital & Suborbital

Launch

Space Transportation

Space Systems

DSX

Space Exploration

Dream Chaser Vehicle

For Commercial Crew

Transportation

SpaceShipTwo Program

•Design, build, and flight test

•Over 50 test firings completed

•Built m

otors for SS1 that won XPRIZE

•Successful Hotfire demonstrated > 65,000 lbf

•Flight tests in 2011 and start of commercial

service in 2012

Hybrid Rocket Motors

Fuel Grain

Turbopump

Oxidizer

Pressurant

Nozzle

Motor Case

Oxidizer

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CHPM

Avionics

Fuel Grain

Turbopump

Oxidizer

Pressurant

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Motor Case

Oxidizer

Tank

CHPM

Avionics

Propulsion Systems

6Sierra Nevada Corporation Proprietary

Dream Chaser Overview

7Sierra Nevada Corporation Proprietary

•Russia’s BOR-4 Spaceplane

–4 O

rbital flights & 1 Sub-O

rbital flight

–Inspiration for NASA’s HL-20 lifting-body spacecraft

•NASA’s HL-20 Spacecraft

–Abort landing sim

ulations

–Ergonomics and egress

–Fabrication and operations

–> 1200 wind tunnel tests

–Trajectory studies

–Handling evaluations

•SNC’s Dream Chaser Vehicle

–Years of research, design,

development, & testing

–Flight Proven Technologies

–Modern m

aterials

–Additional CFD analysis

–Trajectory refinement

–Component & wind tunnel testing

–Launch vehicle integration

–Flight sim

ulation

–Inspiration for SNC’s Dream Chaser spacecraft

Evolution of Dream Chaser

Dream Chaser Configuration

•0-7 crew capable

•Manual and Automatic

•Main Propulsion System

•Dual Hybrid M

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•Rubber & Nitrous O

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•Multi-use N

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Translation/Rotation, Active

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al Control)

•Reaction Control System

•Non-Toxic N

2O & Ethanol

•Low (>1.5 g) Reentry

•High TRL Subsystems

•Upright/Recumbent Seating

•Runway Landing

•Friendly Crew/Cargo Access

•Design for Operability

•Reusable

Atlas V Launch Vehicle

–Existing, Mature, Reliable

–100% m

ission success for all Atlas

II, III, and V

–SNC/ULA Selected unfaired Atlas V

with low Max-Q

trajectory

Hybrid M

otor Test

Structural Testing

Cockpit Flight Sim

ulator

SNC Dream Chaser

Design and Development Approach

–Accelerate Dream Chaser Space System design and development via

aggressive “build a little, test a little”program

–Successfully completed primary structure and hybrid rocket motortests

–Developed Vehicle Avionics Integration Lab and Flig

ht Control Integration Labs

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subsonic flight tests will occur in m

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–Future vehicles (Sub-O

rbital Vehicle and O

rbital Vehicle) flight tests demonstrate

expanded capability culm

inating in full mission profile demonstration)

–Capitalize on NASA partnership to utilize expertise/experience

–Commercial Crew Program Partner Integration Teams (PIT) enables NASA

insight into Dream Chaser design and development. SNC team benefits.

–Leverage NASA human spaceflight expertise through funded Space Act

Agreements (SAAs) with JSC and other centers.

–Leverage Dream Chaser flight test and m

ission demonstration capabilities

–Use expert experience of partner organizations

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–Exploit SNC technical capabilities (Rapid Development, Autoland,etc)

Program Tim

eline

Partner Organizations

SNC Offices

NASA Centers

SNC Teammates

Program Office

Houston

Dryden Flight

Research Center

Kennedy

Space Center

Langley Research

Center

Marshall Space

Flight Center

Johnson

Space Center

Glenn Research

Center

Ames Research

Center

NASA Engineering

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NASA/SNC SAA

Summary Status (11/2011)

NASA Center

Umbrella SAA

# of Annexes Description

Johnson

In Place

11-Docking Analyses and Loads

Kennedy

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11-Ops Analysis, Safety/Risk

Analyses/G

round Processing

Ames

In Place

11-Launch Abort System Characterization

Langley

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31-GN&C, Aerodynamics Support

2-Composite Structures Support

3-CFD, Aeroheating Support

Dryden

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11-Flight Test Planning Support

Glenn

In Place

11 –

Propulsion Support/Plum Brook

Marshall

In Review

11 –

Wind Tunnel Testing Support

Notes:

•LaRC draft Annex 4 (WT testing) received; an amended Annex withexpanded scope is being prepared.

•DFRC Annex 2 (ETA test support) received and in review at SNC.

•MSFC U

mbrella SAA and Annex 1 (WT testing) received for SNC signature 11/07/2011.

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