Lockheed Martin head promises Trump to reduce the cost of the latest fighters

Marilyn Husson, General Director of the American Aircraft Building Company Lockheed Martin, promised to reduce the cost of F-35 fighters to the elected President Donald Trump. Trump called the Fifth -Generation Fighter Fighter Program too expensive. Within an hour after this statement made on Twitter, the company's capitalization fell by more than $ 3 billion.

Husson spoke about her obligation by posting a message on the official blog of the company on Twitter: "I had a very good conversation with the chosen President Donald Trump, and I assured him that I clearly and clearly heard his message to reduce the cost of the F-35. I gave him a personal obligation to decisively reduce the price." (Quote for RIA "Novosti" .)

She also added that Trump wants "the United States to have the highest military potential with lower taxpayer expenses." According to her, Lockheed Martin Corp "is ready to provide this."

Previously, Trump said that the costs of creating the latest F-35 are extremely high, in connection with which he turned to the competitors of the Lokheed company Boeing with a request to name the components of the previous generation F-18 Super Hornet.

The fifth-generation F-35 Lightning-2 is designed by Lockheed Martin using the Stealth Little Trace technology. The car made the first flight in December 2006. In the USA, the F-35 is available in three different modifications (for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps), the cost of one fighter is approximately $ 100 million.

F-18 Super Hornet is an American deck fighter-bomber that made the first flight more than 20 years ago. After a series of modifications, it is still actively used by the US armed forces.