Boeing 'fighting through challenges' in building new Air Force One planes
)'s defense unit said Sunday the planemaker is still"fighting through challenges" in building two delayed U.S. presidential aircraft known as Air Force One.
Ted Colbert, who heads Boeing Defense, Space & Security, said the planemaker is facing supply chain, inflation, workforce and other challenges in building the airplanes. Boeing is heavily modifying a pair of 747s for the project. The Boeing 747-8s are designed to be an airborne White House able to fly in worst-case security scenarios, such as nuclear war, and are modified with military avionics, advanced communications and a self-defense system.
In December 2016, Trump extracted a promise from Boeing's CEO at the time, Dennis Muilenburg, that the cost of replacing Air Force One would not exceed $4 billion. Boeing's current CEO Dave Calhoun said later"critics were right" about the contract, saying it was priced too low.
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