Boeing will build the new Air Force One for less than $4 billion, the CEO told reporters Wednesday after meeting with President-elect Trump.Dennis Muilenburg, the Boeing CEO, praised Trump for his "business head" and said the two had a very productive meeting where they discussed how the country could build two new Air Force One planes for less than the $4 billion, which Trump criticized on Twitter this month."We're going to get it done for less than that," Muilenburg said. "I was able to give the president-elect my personal commitment on behalf of the Boeing Company. This is a business that's important to us. We work on Air Force One because it's important to our country and we're going to make sure that he gets the best capability and that it's done affordably."When asked about the timeline, Muilenburg said "that's what we're going to work on together.""We have an active 747 production line and we're eager to get started on the program. We haven't actually started the build of the airplane yet, but once we finalize the requirements and make sure that it's affordable we'll launch on building the aircraft. We've got a hot production line and we're ready to go."The meeting comes weeks after Trump tweeted that the costs of the F-35 from Lockheed Martin are "out of control" and threatened to cancel the order with Boeing for the new Air Force One over costs.Marillyn Hewson, the CEO of Lockheed Martin, met with Trump following the meeting with Muilenburg. She left without stopping to answer questions from reporters.She later put out a statement saying it was a "productive meeting.""I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the importance of the F-35 program and the progress we've made in bringing the costs down," she said. "The F-35 is a critical program to our national security, and I conveyed our continued commitment to delivering an affordable aircraft to our U.S. military and our allies."Trump met with the defense industry during the campaign in June. The hour-long sit down included representatives from the Aerospace Industries Association, as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.Following the CEO meetings, Trump received a two-part security briefing from a number of defense officials, including Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, the program executive officer for the F-35, Vice Adm. James Syring, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, and Adm. Bill Moran, the vice chief of naval operations."These are amazing people," Trump told reporters after the briefing.Trump said the meeting was about "trying to bring costs down ... primarily the F-35, trying to get the costs down. A program that is very, very expensive."
Quote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.
I don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?
Quote from: Icy on December 22, 2016, 08:53:32 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.It's for updated security reasons. My best guess is that it would be cheaper to replace the existing Air Force One, than try and refigure the current ship.Or is it because the current Air Force One has been blacked?
Quote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.It's for updated security reasons. My best guess is that it would be cheaper to replace the existing Air Force One, than try and refigure the current ship.
Quote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:56:02 AMQuote from: Icy on December 22, 2016, 08:53:32 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.It's for updated security reasons. My best guess is that it would be cheaper to replace the existing Air Force One, than try and refigure the current ship.Or is it because the current Air Force One has been blacked?
Quote from: Alpha on December 22, 2016, 08:46:24 PMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:56:02 AMQuote from: Icy on December 22, 2016, 08:53:32 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.It's for updated security reasons. My best guess is that it would be cheaper to replace the existing Air Force One, than try and refigure the current ship.Or is it because the current Air Force One has been blacked?this "meme" isn't remotely accurate whatsoevernot even a little bit
It seems a bit ironic that the genius business man just made a business lose a massive amount of money. I imagine they're not happy
Quote from: Kupo & the Two G-strings on December 22, 2016, 08:50:03 PMQuote from: Alpha on December 22, 2016, 08:46:24 PMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:56:02 AMQuote from: Icy on December 22, 2016, 08:53:32 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 22, 2016, 08:18:08 AMQuote from: Mat Cauthon on December 22, 2016, 07:21:07 AMI don't know much about this, so you'll have to explain it to me.But don't they have a plane for this already? Is Obama taking it with him when he leaves or something?lmaoNo they're building a new one for some reason. I guess trump can't stand that a black president used Air Force One.It's for updated security reasons. My best guess is that it would be cheaper to replace the existing Air Force One, than try and refigure the current ship.Or is it because the current Air Force One has been blacked?this "meme" isn't remotely accurate whatsoevernot even a little bitEvery single landlord and successful business owner has been accused of this in our sue happy society. Stop.
Boeing CEO caves to Trump, will build Air Force One for less than $4bn
