Sierra Space Corp
Satellites, spaceplanes, hypersonic vehicles, and associated aerospace subsystems and infrastructure
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Louisville, CO
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $550M, Mar 2026
- Total capital
- $2.1B
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $2.0B
- 3 Form D · last Mar 2026
- 7 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $155M
- 28 awards · NASA, Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#32 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · Implements A Solution From The Initial Troubleshooting Of The Biological Research In Canister (bric) Light Emitting Diode (led) (bric-led) Canister Lids.$43K
- Federal contractDefense · Concept Development Minimum Guarantee$100K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$550M
- Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
- Federal contractNASA · Advanced Spacesuit Regulator (asr)$6.5M
- Federal contractNASA · Biological Research In Canister (bric) Light Emitting Diode (led) (bric-led)$68K
- Federal contractNASA · Next Space Technologies Exploration PARTNERSHIP-2 Appendix R: Lunar Logistics & Mobility Studies. Goals Are To Support Mission Architecture Definitions For Human Missions Beyond Low-earth Orbit As Part Of Nasa's Moon To Mars Exploration Strategy.$4.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$8.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.4B
Show 22 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractNASA · Baseline Repairs For Ecs S/ns 002 And 003 Are Required As Outlined In Contract 80JSC023DA011 Statement Of Work (sow) Section 3.12, Ecs Baseline Repair.$153K
- Federal contractNASA · The Purpose Of This Effort Is The Design, Manufacturing, And Development Testing For Low Leakage Valves Concepts Used To Primarily Service Liquid Hydrogen In-space Applications. These In-space Applications Include Envisioned Deep Space Transportation$3M
- Federal contractNASA · Eniac Cloud The First Space Hardened Multi Cloud Edge Computing Platform Implementation Partners$171K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III - Maturation Of The VR25K-A Advanced Upper Stage Engine.$16M
- Federal contractNASA · Flight Experimentation For PH-07 Will Consist Of Three (3) Sets Of 4-WEEK Experiments, With Up To Four (4) Weeks Between Each Experiment.$404K
- Federal contractDefense · Regal Call 003 Payload Reentry From Space Analysis$981K
- Federal contractNASA · Science Verification Test (svt) For PH-08 Will Consist Of 18 Weeks Of Operations Comprising 2 Test Runs.$166K
- Federal contractDefense · De-orbit Servicing Study$250K
- Federal contractNASA · Support The Required Sustaining Engineering For The Advanced Plant Habitat (aph).$842K
- Federal contractNASA · Sierra Space Corporation Collaboration Within The Melt-cr Project$50K
- Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III - Carbothermal Lunar Regolith Processing System (clrps)$687K
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Ph III Maturation Of The VR35K-A Advanced Upper Stage Engine$22.6M
- Federal contractNASA · Mass Measurement Device Support For Veg 05 And Mouse Habitat Unit 8$17K
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III "maturation Of Snc Upper Stage Vortex Engine Enhancement"$20.2M
- Federal contractNASA · EO14042 Develop Prototype Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor Operated Under Simulated Lunar Operating Conditions Within Temperature Controlled Vacuum Chamber One That Can Evolve Into A Payload On Future Commercial Lunar Payload Services Mission$2.3M
- Federal contractNASA · Sustaining Engineering Services For The Advanced Plant Habitat (aph).$8.3M
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III With Snc$7.8M
- Federal contractNASA · Baa R&d - The Next Space Technologies For Exploration Partnerships -2 (NEXTSTEP-2) Appendix F: Logistics Reduction (lr) In Space By Trash Compaction And Processing System (tcps) Broad Agency Announcement (baa) Was Originally Issued July 3, 2018. Proposals Were Received And Evaluated And Selections Of Successful Proposals Announced October 5, 2018. NASA Issued This Solicitation To Solicit Ideas And Technologies To Advance Trash Compaction And Processing (tcps) Capabilities. Trash Processing Enabl$12.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Operational Fires (opfires) Propulsion$11.3M
- Federal contractDefense · Maturation Of Orbitec Upper Stage Engine, SBIR III$3M
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Baa/nra Award. Proposal Title "next Space Technologies For Exploration Partnership - NEXTSTEP-2. The NEXTSTEP-2 Study Conducted By Snc Will Evaluate Mission Architecture, System Interfaces, And Subsystem Component Design To Meet The Objectives Of The Three Operational Phases Outlined By NASA. Nasa's Heomd/aes Division Selected The Sierra Nevada Corporation Proposal In Response To The Next Space Technologies For Exploration Partnerships -2 (NEXTSTEP-2) Baa Solicitation In The$27.3M
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Nextstep Nra Award. This Contract Involves Development And Demonstration Of A Hybrid Life Support Systems (hlss) That Will Enable Operationally Efficient And Effective Exploration Environmental Control And Life Support Systems Through Hybrid Technologies That Can Be Evolved To Meet Long-duration Life Support Requirements For Sustained Habitation At Much Lower Life Cycle Costs. Current State-of-the-art Technology Being Flown On The Iss Allows For Only 25-50 Percent Resource Recover$6.5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
75months
from Sierra Space Corp’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2015
- NASA · $6.5M
- First Form D · Dec 2021
- $1.4B · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 8 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Colin BryantDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Cyrus BehbehaniDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dan JablonskyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eren OzmenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Fatih OzmenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Gregory SmithDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 16 people
- Jeff BabioneExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John AbizaidDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John TorielloDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kelly GarehimeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Philippe LaffontDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Philippe LaffonteDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sue PaytonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tom ViceExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Troy LahrExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William FordDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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