CEOS meet miffed Trump

WASHINGTON DC: US President-elect Donald Trump has met CEOS of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, days after he slammed the two major defence manufacturers for high cost of replacement of the Air Force One presidential plane and fighter jets programmes.

After the meeting, both the CEOS Dennis Muilenburg of Boeing and Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed appeared to have addressed the concerns of the President-elect.

"We're going to get it done for less than that (USD 4 billion), and we're committed to working together to make sure that happens," Muilenburg told reporters after his meeting with Trump at Mara-lago estate in Florida. He was responding to a question on Trump's criticism of Boeing manufacturing Air-force One at an exorbitant cost.

"I was able to give the President-elect my personal commitment on behalf of the Boeing Company. This is a business that's important to us. We work on Air Force One because it's important to our country and we're going to make sure that he gets the best capability and that it's done affordably," he said.

In a statement, Hewson said he had a productive meeting with Trump.

"I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the importance of the F-35 program and the progress we've made in bringing the costs down. The F-35 is a critical programme to our national security, and I conveyed our continued