Boeing 737 Maritime aircraft

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message nk.net...
s.p.i. wrote:
(Darrell A. Larose) wrote in message
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Global Security has a good illustration of the 737 MMA at:


http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../mma-boeing.jp
g

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?).

That's not a Boeing website, you know.
True, but they still have this out there...
http://www.boeing.com/ids/allsystems...3/story09.html


Boeing just isn't publicizing this program much. Neither is LM, for that
matter. Neither company has a dedicated web page for MMA, as far as I can
tell.


True too, LM's info on the Orion 21 is vanishingly sparse

s.p.i. wrote:

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message nk.net...


s.p.i. wrote:


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




http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../mma-boeing.jp
g


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?).


That's not a Boeing website, you know.


True, but they still have this out there...
http://www.boeing.com/ids/allsystems...3/story09.html



Boeing just isn't publicizing this program much. Neither is LM, for that
matter. Neither company has a dedicated web page for MMA, as far as I can
tell.




True too, LM's info on the Orion 21 is vanishingly sparse


I do not think the final ORD i(Operational Requirements Document) is out
and I don't think there has been any announcement of when an RFP might
hit the street. Until the ORD is complete neither knows quite what the
MMA will be expected to do.

Bob

Bob Fritz wrote:

I do not think the final ORD (Operational Requirements Document) is
out and I don't think there has been any announcement of when an RFP
might hit the street. Until the ORD is complete neither knows quite
what the MMA will be expected to do.

Actually, the program may be further along than you realize. When the
program office updated their web page in September, they had released a
draft ORD and were on schdule for DAB Milestone B review by the end of 2003,
with source selection scheduled for early 2004.

http://mmaprogram.nawcad.navy.mil/in...status.main&ma
kerand=yes

From this press release, the RFP apparently went out in late October.

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26109-1.html

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s.p.i. wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
nk.net...
s.p.i. wrote:
(Darrell A. Larose) wrote in message
...
Global Security has a good illustration of the 737 MMA at:



http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../mma-boeing.jp
g

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?).

That's not a Boeing website, you know.
True, but they still have this out there...
http://www.boeing.com/ids/allsystems...3/story09.html


Well, yes. But it's a periodical newsletter (though it doesn't have a date
on it). What shoud they dio, rewrite all their old press releases and
newsletters every time a program changes? That would sort of undermine the
value of these as historical records, wouldn't it? (Not to mention eating
up huge amounts of resources.)

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Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail
"If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing
special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed)

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message ink.net...
s.p.i. wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
nk.net...
s.p.i. wrote:
(Darrell A. Larose) wrote in message
...
Global Security has a good illustration of the 737 MMA at:



http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../mma-boeing.jp
g

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?).

That's not a Boeing website, you know.
True, but they still have this out there...
http://www.boeing.com/ids/allsystems...3/story09.html


Well, yes. But it's a periodical newsletter (though it doesn't have a date
on it). What shoud they dio, rewrite all their old press releases and
newsletters every time a program changes? That would sort of undermine the
value of these as historical records, wouldn't it? (Not to mention eating
up huge amounts of resources.)

Well, I'm certainly on record for maintaining historical posterity...
However, this is as much about commercial marketing for commercial
purposes (selling 737 NGs)so I'm pretty surprised they haven't touted
thier offering more.
For a view on the cynical nature of these companies'(one of them at
least) aircraft offerings for a current project, check this out:
http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense/031211.asp