The Challenges Ahead of America’s New “Doomsday Plane”
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is not a new company – it was founded in 1963 – nor is…
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Doomsday plane: US Air Force will pay $13 billion for E-4B replacement
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been awarded a $13 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to…
Boeing was eliminated from the Air Force competition for the new “Doomsday plane”
Boeing left the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) competition, which will give rise to the successor to the…
US races against time to renew “Doomsday” aircraft fleet
In the event that the United States suffers a nuclear attack, one of the first actions of the…
Il-96-400M jet will be the new Russian ‘doomsday’ plane
Russia will use the Il-96-400M, a modernized version of the four-engine passenger jet, as its new ‘doomsday’ plane,…