- Boeing (BA -0.5%) CEO Dennis Muilenburg says he had a "very productive" meeting with Pres.-elect Trump and is encouraged by progress in talks on the Air Force One replacement fleet and on fighter jets.
- Muilenburg cites progress in simplifying requirements and streamlining the certification process for Air Force One.
- The two met last month, and Trump said he asked Boeing to offer its older-generation F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet as a possible alternative to Lockheed's F-35; Trump had previously threatened to cancel Boeing's Air Force One presidential aircraft sale and extracted a pledge from Boeing to keep the cost of the program below $4B.