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Boeing says new Air Force One could be cheaper if requirements are reduce

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Boeing employees have spoken to the Trump transition team, telling them that the costs of renewing the Air Force One fleet could be cheaper if the U.S. Air Force and Secret Service reduce its requirements for converting the aircraft.

Air Force One over Mt. Rushmore
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Airbus, Elta offer AEW conversion to existing C295 operators

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Igo Licht, Elta’s vice-president of marketing and sales, said operators of the Airbus C295 have been offered to convert their transport aircraft into a AEW platform equipped with a Elta AESA radar.

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Pentagon’s chief weapons tester said his colleagues lied about the F-35 program

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Dr. J. Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, said in a memo to Frank Kendall, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, that a draft response to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain had contained misleading information.

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