I’m Going To Negotiate Air Force One Price

It’s not to build one plane, actually the goal will ultimately be to build 3 planes. The shares rose less than 0.1 percent to $152.24 at the close in NY. This is meant for R&D, purchase of two Air Force One planes and military construction. “It’s going to be over $4 billion for the Air Force One program, and I think it’s ridiculous”, he told reporters.

The size, at 71 metres long and a wingspan of 59m, is one of the most impressive features of this Boeing 747.

The production of the iconic Boeing 747 jumbo jet could come to an end “so it’s not clear that the Air Force would be able to buy a commercial derivative plane like the 747 from a USA company in the future”.

The president of the United States has two specially equipped Boeing 747-200s jets that are each known as Air Force One when the president is on board.

Trump has consistently lashed out at those who question him and the Boeing tweet may not be any different.

“What he did yesterday was he de-stabled the stock of a major American company”, he said. They requested anonymity because the discussions were not publicly announced.

Markets and companies shouldn’t be anxious, assures Trump. Trump told the audience that he urged Apple chief executive Tim Cook to build his next factory in the United States instead of overseas, saying that would make him happy.

The amusing thing is, the plane does cost $4 billion or more once it is delivered.

“This is a plane that might need to remain airborne for days during a nuclear war”, Thompson wrote. It can be refueled in flight.

So was Trump’s tweet just another Twitter Trumper-tantrum?

As I wrote December 6, cancelling the new Presidential Aircraft Replacement program would be bad news for Boeing, as the company is already struggling to maintain production of the iconic 747-8 widebody.

First came Ford and Carrier. Obama at the time called the aircraft “an example of the procurement process gone amok”.

The Post story was about the proposals by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, another USA defence giant, to manufacture their fighter jets in India, F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-16 Fighting Falcon, respectively.

Trump’s tweet could be the start of a negotiation.

The Air Force chose to forgo an open competition for the VC-25A replacement, opting instead to award the sole-source contract to Boeing because no other manufacturer in the USA is capable of fulfilling the requirements.

Boeing, the largest USA exporter, is now working under a $170 million contract “to help determine the capabilities of this complex military aircraft”, spokesman Todd Blecher said in an e-mail.

Air Force One is one of the most prominent symbols of the USA presidency.

According to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Trump found the $4 billion number from a Government Accountability Office report. However, he does not see the potential of cancelling the entire program. “If they want to fire their workers, move to Mexico or some other country, and sell their product into our country, they’re going to be paying a tax”, he told NBC.