Dayton's Sierra Nevada hails big next-gen Survivable Airborne Operations Center contract win

May 22—Dayton aviation MRO company Sierra Nevada Corp. Wednesday officially acknowledged its win of a multi-billion-dollar Air Force contract to update the Survivable Airborne Operations Center or "SAOC" plane. Much of the work in modernizing and replacing the Air Force's current fleet of E-4B "Nightwatch" aircraft will happen in Sierra Nevada's Dayton MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) hangars at Dayton International Airport. Work will also take place at the company's Denver facilities. The aircraft serves as an airborne command center for the president (POTUS), secretary of defense (SECDEF) and chairs...