Company Boeing has won a contract for the sale of the U.S. air force two commercial aircraft, the 747-8, which will be modified in the presidential aircraft known as Air Force One.
Modification of the aircraft, at the request of the U.S. air force, will start in 2019 and should be finished by 2024. Among the works planned for the aircraft — vehicle system of the supernova connection, the establishment of medical parts, vehicle defense system, the change of the interior.
The current presidential plane, air force one is outdated, because it was commissioned by President Reagan and has been used since times of presidency of George Bush, 1990.
Recall that at the end of last year, President trump has sharply criticized the cost of the next generation Air Force One, writing on Twitter that the price of $ 4 billion for the creation of a new aircraft based on Boeing 747-8 for presidential purposes «out of control».
At the same time, the cost of the planes that are planning to purchase the US air force this year, were not announced. This is a commercial secret.
Press Secretary of the Boeing company Caroline Hutcheson said in a statement that two commercial aircraft were sold to the air force «with essential discount».
«By buying these new planes built in the United States, the air force has taken the opportunity to get a great plane at a great price for the American taxpayer,» she said.
It is known that the aircraft was originally built for the Russian company «Transaero», but within 2 years after the company collapsed, so the planes the Russians never belonged and was not transferred.
