Sierra Space 任命 Daniel Gittsovich 为新任首席财务官，他最近担任 L3Harris Technologies Inc. 导弹解决方案部门的 CFO。
Space Corp. has appointed a new chief financial officer, Daniel Gittsovich, who most recently served as CFO of the missile solutions unit at L3Harris Technologies Inc.
他接替 Jeff Schrader，公司本月初表示 Schrader 已离开 Sierra Space 另谋职业发展。
He replaces Jeff Schrader, whom the company said earlier this month had left Sierra Space to pursue another professional opportunity.
在土耳其亿万富翁夫妇 Fatih Ozmen 和 Eren Ozmen 的支持下，Sierra Space 最初是从 Sierra Nevada Corp. 分拆出来的。这家估值在 3 月达到 80 亿美元的航天器制造商，经历了一系列领导层变动，其标志性太空飞机 Dream Chaser 也屡遭延期，该飞机原本计划为 NASA 向国际空间站运送货物。
Backed by Turkish billionaire couple Fatih Ozmen and Eren Ozmen, Sierra Space began as a spinoff from Sierra Nevada Corp. The spacecraft maker, valued at $8 billion dollars in March, has faced a slew of leadership changes and delays to its signature spaceplane Dream Chaser, originally intended to ferry cargo to the International Space Station for NASA.
Sierra Space 原计划 2021 年首飞 Dream Chaser，如今目标定在 2026 年底进行首次发射。
Sierra Space planned to debut Dream Chaser in 2021, but is now targeting late 2026 for its first launch.
CFO 人事变动可能使早已期待的首次公开募股（IPO）时机更加复杂。Sierra Space 曾表示有意于 2024 年上市。这一新任命进一步表明公司正在向国家安全领域转型。
The change in the CFO office could complicate the timing of a long-awaited initial public offering. Sierra Space talked about its intention to go public in 2024. The new appointment also further signals the company’s pivot into national security.
7 月，Sierra Space 签署一项总潜在价值约 8 亿美元的协议，建造导弹预警卫星，以支持唐纳德·特朗普总统提出的“金顶盾”导弹防御系统。
In July, Sierra Space signed an agreement with a total potential value of around $800 million to build missile warning satellites to support Golden Dome, President Donald Trump’s proposed missile defense shield.