Trump, With Praise for Boeing CEO, Hints at Big Fighter-Jet Deal
- Military plane touted as alternative to Lockheed Martin’s F-35
- President attends rollout of ‘beautiful’ 787-10 Dreamliner
Trump Looking at Big Boeing F-18 Super Hornet Order
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President Donald Trump suggested that a larger purchase of Boeing Co.’s F/A-18 Super Hornet may be in the offing, using a tour of the planemaker’s South Carolina factory to send a message to rival defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.
“We are looking seriously at a big order,” Trump said Friday of the fighter jet, with another Boeing plane, the newest 787 Dreamliner, looming in the background. “I think we may get there.”