Sierra Nevada Corp. is set to usher in a new epoch for the United States Air Force with its ambitious endeavor to transform commercial passenger jets into the next generation of “Doomsday” planes, a ...
SNC’s massive undertaking involves converting Boeing 747 jumbo jets into state-of-the-art aircraft capable of withstanding nuclear war, aptly nicknamed “Doomsday planes.” With a $13 billion contract ...
To get these 747s ready to direct forces during a nuclear war, Sierra Nevada will add antennas and computers — and ...
They’re called Doomsday planes—high-tech, maxed-out Boeing 747s that the President ... Earlier this month, Nevada-based ...
Given the sensitivity of this asset, the Air Force rarely shows the interior of the E-4B. However, Offutt Air Force Base’s ...
"[W]hat we have done is assured the Air Force that everything we produce under the contract becomes their data," said Brady ...