With an Eye Toward the Growing Demand for ISR: Boeing plans to offer a signals intelligence version of its 737 platform, which officials say could be used for ISR and advanced network centric communications. According to a Boeing statement, it will play off the 737-based Multimission Maritime Aircraft the company already is developing for the Navy. Working with Boeing on the P-8A MMA are Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Smiths Aerospace, and CFM Intl.
In order to deny China “sanctuaries” from which it can launch air and missile salvos during a potential invasion of Taiwan, the U.S. Air Force needs to buy far more B-21 bombers and F-47 fighters than currently planned, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
