Boeing Fighter Jet, Feared Dead, Gets New Life From Trump Tweets
- Super Hornet gets boost from overseas sales, Pentagon review
- Planemaker gains as Lockheed’s F-35 faces continued delays
The Takeaways From Trump's Boeing Plant Visit
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Boeing Co.’s Super Hornet is poised for a surprising comeback thanks to President Donald Trump’s Twitter broadsides and a strike-fighter shortage caused by delays to Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 program.
Until recently, Boeing’s combat jet was on life support, with work at its St. Louis factory slowing to a crawl as orders dwindled. But that was before Congress approved a $10.1 billion sale to Kuwait, Canada said it would take 18 of the twin-engine fighter and Trump said the Pentagon is “looking seriously at a big order.”