President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested the U.S. government should cancel a planned order with Boeing Co. for planes to serve as the new Air Force One
.. Boeing is the second-largest Pentagon contractor after
Lockheed Martin Corp.—which is building the fleet of new helicopters that will serve as Marine One—and makes fighter jets, surveillance planes, bombs and other systems that generated sales of almost $19 billion from the Pentagon last year, a fifth of its total revenues.
.. The development deals include proposed modifications to the aircraft, from sophisticated communications equipment to other upgrades such as antimissile devices, according to experts.
.. The Air Force earmarked $1.65 billion between 2015 and 2019 to develop two replacement jets, and said it may acquire up to three.
.. The Air Force has previously specified it needed a four-engine plane to serve as Air Force One. Airbus Group SE is the only other maker of such jets
.. Boeing’s 747-8 carries a list price of $378 million