[TommyDale]

Not long after this incident, on "60 Minutes", there was a story reporting on an E-Systems employee being wrongly charged in a robbery of a Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the background of the E-Systems shot sat a 747. It was later reported that several "international versions" of the 747s were fitted with EW, "in case of a national security emergency" where the U.S. Government could possibly make use of the aircraft.

[struwwelpeter]

E-Systems makes other things besides antennas and receivers. The did a lot of electronics on the National Airborne Command Post, and are working on a stratospheric infrared telescope, mounted on a 747 in a configuration reminescent of the RC-135 S "Cobra Ball". Whether this will be pure astronomy or missile defense related is as yet not known.