US Air Force awards $13B ‘Doomsday plane’ contract to The U.S. Air Force said Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the aircraft.

As per VOA,The U.S. Air Force said 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.
The Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) project is intended to replace the aging 1970s-era aircraft, which is approaching its end-of-service life, an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.
Work on the SAOC will be carried out in Colorado, Nevada and Ohio and is expected to be completed in 2036, the Air Force said.