In his tweet refers to, Trump to the time after 20 January, as he is inaugurated. According to the elected president can work also on other projects a lot of savings, but the concrete examples he mentions not.
The Lockheed F-35 Lightning II as the jet fighter officially called, is being developed by nine western countries, including the USA and Great Britain. The Netherlands also participates. Three other countries have aircraft ordered.
The United States are by far the biggest customer: the air force wants over 2400 devices. That would be 400 billion dollars are involved, twice as much as was budgeted. The netherlands has 37 aircraft ordered; the costs run to more than 5 billion euros.
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It is very the question of to what extent Trump still can do something to the miljardenuitgaven for the F-35. The Republican senator John McCain says that it is impossible to cancel orders, because there are already devices to be delivered. He is with Trump agree that the costs get out of hand.
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin says that all of everything is done to the cost of the JSF program to print. Also would the price per unit decrease as production over a number of years and truly under way.
Air Force One
Trump founded last week all his energies on the development of a different plane: a new Air Force One, for himself or his successor. He called the price of the new presidential plane is ridiculous and wants it off of the contract that the government and Boeing has closed.
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