s.p.i. wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
news:KttBb.7541 It's one of two candiates for the Multi-Mission
Maritime Aircraft. The
other, from Lock-Mart, is yet another P-3 rebuild called Orion-21.

The 737 MMA is based on the 737-800 but has a bunch of modifications,
including a -900's wings, heavier gear, and a weapon bay forward of
the wing
carry-through.
One quibble Thomas. The Boeing offering is the 737-700 IGW.
http://www.boeing.com/ids/allsystems...3/story09.html

Old news.

http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/jun_03_28.php

"Boeing is refining its MMA proposal for a design based on the Boeing 737
airliner, but has upgraded its entry from the 737-700 design--which would
have the wings of the 737-800--to a 737-800 aircraft fitted with 737-900
wings."


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