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“Obviously he’s the commander in chief, so you always want to make sure you are trying to meet his demands,” he said.īoeing is currently under a $170 million contract to help determine the capabilities of the Air Force One aircraft, according to a press release on Dec.6, 2016.Īfter the Tuesday meeting, Muilenburg said Trump is “doing a great job engaging business,” that the two businessmen are “on the same page.”īoeing stock closed at $157.67 Tuesday, down $1.16. Manufacturing Boeing moved Air Force One overhauls from Wichita.


Regardless, it’s always good to make things more affordable, and there is no harm to be on the president’s good side, Windau said. “But it’s difficult to fully gauge what’s happening until we know more details of what that cost reduction exactly means.” “ is only going to be manufactured in a small amount it’s not going be a huge impact,” Edward Jones analyst Jeff Windau said in a phone interview. “We remain committed to working with the new president and Congress to provide affordable, capable Boeing products and services to meet our national security needs,” Blecher said.Īnalysts said it’s unclear at this stage how the cost reductions will affect Boeing’s business. Last December, Trump threated to cancel Boeing’s Air Force One order via Twitter, saying the price was “out of control.” Boeing vowed at the time to keep the cost of the program under $4 billion.īoeing’s spokesperson Todd Blecher said in an email that this meeting was part of an ongoing effort to provide Trump’s team the information it requested. “I believe the people are seeing ‘big stuff,’” Trump said. The president-elect boasted of “the massive cost reductions” he has negotiated on military purchases in a Twitter posting Tuesday. Specific reductions have yet to be announced.Īlthough Muilenburg didn’t elaborate on the fighter jet program, he likely referred to the F-18 Super Hornet, which Trump suggested-via Twitter-last month be priced-out to compete with the Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35. “We made some great progress on simplifying requirements for Air Force One, streamlining the process, streamlining certifications by using commercial practices, all of that is going to provide a better airplane at a lower cost.” “We discussed Air Force One, we discussed fighter aircraft,” Muilenburg told reporters after the meeting at Trump Tower in New York. presidency with new Air Force One aircraft, which has cost the. Boeing disclosed Wednesday that it has lost a whopping 1. The meeting was held at Trump’s request after he pressured the Chicago-based aerospace and defense company last month to lower prices on the new version of Air Force One, the presidential jumbo jet. LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - Boeings defense chief said on Sunday it had learned lessons from a contract to supply the U.S. will reduce the costs of an Air Force One upgrade, the company’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg said after a Tuesday meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York.
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