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Boeing is no longer in the running to deliver the USAF’s successor to the E-4B Nightwatch as the service looks to select its new aircraft. The next generation “doomsday plane.”
Boeing announced Friday that it is exiting the competition known as the Survivable Airborne Operations Center to develop the plane that will serve as an emergency command and control center in emergency situations, such as in the event of a nuclear war.
Reuters first published the news. Boeing is the manufacturer From the current “Doomsday Plane” known as the E-4B Nightwatch – a military version of the Boeing 747 capable of aerial refueling using advanced electronics and communications systems designed to protect against electromagnetic pulses and other effects caused by nuclear war.
“We approach all new contract opportunities with greater discipline to ensure we can deliver on our commitments and support the long-term health of our business,” a Boeing spokesperson told FOX Business. “We are confident that our SAOC approach is the most comprehensive, technically mature and lowest-risk solution for the customer and Boeing.”
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An E-4B aircraft sits on the runway at Travis Air Force Base, California, September 11, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese/DVIDS)
“Our proposal builds on 60 years of military commercial aircraft knowledge and experience including the design, development and sustainment of the E-4B Nightwatch aircraft, which currently serves the national security command and control mission,” the spokesperson added.
Boeing’s exclusion from the SAOC competition leaves only one publicly known company in the running — privately owned defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. The Air Force plans to grant SAOC contract in 2024 and declined to comment on whether other companies had submitted offers.
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Boeing’s defense unit lost $1.3 billion this year on fixed-price development programs, including NASA’s Starliner and the next generation of Air Force One. Such programs have resulted in $16.3 billion in losses since 2014 in fixed-price defense programs, according to a Reuters review of Boeing’s regulatory filings.
Boeing CFO Brian West indicated in October that the company was looking to move away from fixed-price contracts, saying: “Rest assured, we have not signed any fixed-price development contracts and do not intend to.”
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Test pilots and personnel from the 418th Flight Test Squadron, from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., conduct an aerial refueling test with a KC-46 Pegasus and an E-4B Nightwatch, from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in the skies over S. (Air Force photo by Christian Turner/DVIDS/Fox News)
The Air Force notes that at least one E-4B aircraft It is always on 24-hour alert with a global monitoring team at select bases around the world to provide support to the President, Secretary of Defense, and Joint Chiefs of Staff if needed. The E-4B National Airborne Command Center can have a crew of up to 112 personnel.
The plane is often used to transport the Secretary of Defense and is able to withstand nuclear explosions and electromagnetic effects to allow US leaders to deliver orders to the military in the event of a national emergency.
The crew of an E-4B Nightwatch prepares for takeoff at Lincoln Airport, Nebraska, on April 26, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Riley McGuire/DVIDS/Fox News)
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The Air Force has four E-4Bs in its inventory, first deployed in 1980. The aircraft is expected to reach the end of its operational life in the early 2030s.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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