{"id":26829,"date":"2018-07-18T20:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/18\/boeing-gets-air-force-one-contract-and-next-gen-air-force-ones-to-get-a-new-paint-job\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:58:55","slug":"boeing-gets-air-force-one-contract-and-next-gen-air-force-ones-to-get-a-new-paint-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2018\/07\/18\/boeing-gets-air-force-one-contract-and-next-gen-air-force-ones-to-get-a-new-paint-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing gets Air Force One contract \u2014 and next-gen Air Force Ones to get a new paint job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2014 The Air Force on Tuesday awarded a $3.9 billion contract to Boeing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/09\/13\/boeing-lands-600m-contract-to-design-new-air-force-ones\/\" target=\"_blank\">two next-generation Air Force One planes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fixed-price firm award follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/27\/trump-boeing-reach-handshake-agreement-to-cap-air-force-one-program-at-39b\/\" target=\"_blank\">February handshake deal<\/a> between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/04\/28\/trump-trims-air-force-one-cost-saving-estimates-from-billions-to-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump<\/a> and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to cap the program at that figure. A Defense Department contract announcement labels the award a \u201cdefinitized contracting action\u201d \u2014 the label given to contracts where the exact terms have not been specified \u2014 and obligates $64 million at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from the White House claims that the deal will save taxpayers more than $1.4 billion from \u201cthe initially proposed $5.3 billion cost-plus contract.\u201d However, Defense News and other publications have challenged that figure, which hasn\u2019t been substantiated on any public documentation estimating the cost of the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/08\/25\/a-contracting-official-grew-a-beard-to-help-get-an-air-force-one-deal-seriously\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20170804_134314.jpg.jpg?w=294\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">A contracting official grew a beard to help get an Air Force One deal. Seriously.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A contract officer decided to grow out his facial hair until his seven-person team reached a deal with Boeing on the 747s that will become new Air Force Ones.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump himself tweeted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2016\/12\/06\/trump-tweets-us-should-cancel-air-force-one-replacement\/\" target=_blank>the cost of the program was around $4 billion<\/a> in December 2016, when he called for it to be canceled if programs did not come down. Experts and Air Force sources at the same said that figure appeared to hue closely to their estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then in February 2017, he claimed that he had shaved $1 billion from the program \u2014 an entire year before the $3.9 billion handshake deal had occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force officials, who are officially responsible for contracting for the new planes under the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program, have affirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/air-warfare-symposium\/2017\/03\/02\/air-force-downplays-requirements-changes-to-air-force-one-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\">some requirements have changed<\/a>, such as a specification for mid-air refueling that was cut. The service was also able to reduce cost by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/08\/04\/air-force-buys-boeing-747s-for-next-air-force-one-but-cost-savings-unknown\/\" target=\"_blank\">buying 747s previously built by Boeing<\/a> for a now-bankrupt Russian airline that never accepted the planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Air Force Ones will be two heavily-modified Boeing 747s equipped with a host of sensors, electronic warfare equipment and other defensive measures that turn the jets into uber-protected, flying White Houses. 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