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Rolls-Royce and Sierra Nevada Corporation Team Up for $13 Billion 'Doomsday' Plane Project

Surviving the End of the World in Style: Rolls-Royce's Latest Venture   Want to survive the end of the world in style? What better place to do it than in a Rolls-Royce airplane? If it sounds like an invention of the future, that's because it is. Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with the Sierra Nevada Corporation, is embarking on a groundbreaking project to build a $13 billion 'Doomsday plane' for the US Air Force. A New Generation of Airborne Defense The project, part of the Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), is set to create a successor to the Air Force's current E-4B planes. These planes, militarized versions of the Boeing 747-200 jumbo jet, serve as mobile command centers in the event of a national emergency and typically transport the Secretary of Defense. Each of the four existing planes can seat up to 111 people, including the US president, the secretary of defense, and joint military chiefs. Unmatched Protection and Advanced Features W...