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Boeing Chief Meets With Trump Again, Says Progress Made On Air Force One

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

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Boeing Chief Meets With Trump Again, Says Progress Made On Air Force One

Air Force One is currently a Boeing 747-200B. Photo: White House.

Boeing [BA] CEO Dennis Muilenburg said on Tuesday following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump that progress is being made on lowering planned costs for the Air Force One presidential plane, one of two defense programs that Trump has highlighted as being over cost.The other program is the F-35 fighter, which is completing development by prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and is in low rate production. Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, who met with Trump last Friday in New York,…

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