Trump’s Plan to Compete Jets ‘Doesn't Make Sense’ to Key Republican
- New defense appropriations chairwoman Kay Granger is skeptical
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Donald Trump wants Boeing’s Super Hornet fighter to compete against Lockheed Martin’s next generation F-35 jet. But that idea “doesn’t make sense” to a key Republican lawmaker who would need to approve big changes in defense spending.
Boeing Co.’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin Corp.’s stealthy F-35 are vastly different fighters with distinctive roles in America’s arsenal, according to Representative Kay Granger, the chairwoman of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee whose Texas district includes the facilities where the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is manufactured.