Boeing 737 Maritime aircraft

(Darrell A. Larose) wrote in message ...
Global Security has a good illustration of the 737 MMA at:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...mma-boeing.jpg

or if this wraps try:

http://tinyurl.com/yveo

Boeing needs to update their info(is the old info a sign of the
company's disarray?). Using the 800 fuselage, the bomb bay will be
aft. Either way they are converting the bins. The aft position would
give more volume. Of course thats an even bigger notch out of the
pressure tube.

"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. The 737-800 design features
10-foot fuselage extensions, both fore and aft of the wing, that would
allow for more internal mission space, and relocation of the internal
weapons bay (possibly a lengthened bay) from the forward fuselage to a
position aft of the wing. Additional fuel tanks would allow the crew
greater flexibility in managing the aircraft's center of gravity. The
extensions also would provide more surface area for antennas; the
737-900 wing would be internally strengthened to support an extra
10,000 pounds in the aircraft's gross weight"