Sierra Nevada Corp. buys 5 Korean Air jets after winning 'Doomsday' plane contract
SNC confirmed with the Reno Gazette Journal on Thursday that it expects to receive its final plane from the deal on Sept. 2025. Aerospace and defense company Sierra Nevada Corp. is buying five Korean Air jets just two weeks after it secured a multibillion-dollar contract from the U.
‘Doomsday Plane’ Contract for $13 Billion Goes to Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada Corp. has won a $13 billion contract to develop a successor to the “Doomsday Plane,” the E-4B command and control aircraft on which the president would fly in in event of national emergency such as a nuclear attack,
The Air Force awarded a $13B contract for its new Doomsday plane
The E-4 is the President’s survivable, mobile command post in the event of a nuclear war or other serious conflict. The USAF has a $13B contract for a new one.
Sierra Nevada Corp. Buys Five B-747-8s After Winning ‘Doomsday’ Plane Replacement Contract
The five former Korean Air B-747-8s are likely going to be converted for the replacement of the U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch “Doomsday” plane. Korean
US Air Force awards $13 billion Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada
The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to survive a nuclear war.
Sierra Nevada wins $13B contract to build Air Force ‘doomsday plane’
B, which the president would use to direct forces during nuclear war, is nearing the end of its life and will be replaced by the SAOC.
Sparks-based Sierra Nevada Corp. lands $13 billion contract to build 'Doomsday plane'
The E-4B is designed as a mobile command post capable of withstanding nuclear blasts and electromagnetic effects, allowing U.S. leaders to deliver orders to the military in the event of a national emergency.
Korean Air Sells 5 Boeing 747s To US Air Force Contractor For New $13 Billion Doomsday Plane Program
Korean Air has signed a deal with Nevada-based defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corp over the sale of five Boeing 747-8s. The latter company was recently awarded a $13 billion contract to develop the next Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), or "Doomsday Plane", for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Air Force awards SNC $13B contract for new ‘Doomsday’ plane
The win is a major victory for the firm in a competition that saw the surprise elimination of aerospace giant Boeing.
Former passenger jets bought by US firm tasked with creating next generation of nuclear ‘Doomsday’ planes
That economy-class seat you had on Korean Air might one day be the very place from where the United States nuclear weapons ...
New Doomsday Plane Will Allow U.S. Government To Live On In Event Of Nuclear Hellfire
You may have heard of the famous “Doomsday” Plane, meant to keep the government up and running even if our world has been ...