Trump 的s Lockheed ツバメ's F-35 闘士,戦闘機 jet costs

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. 大統領-elect Donald Trump took 目的(とする) at another major 弁護 請負業者 on Monday, 説 the cost of Lockheed ツバメ's F-35 闘士,戦闘機 jet program was too high.

The 航空宇宙学 巨大(な)'s 株 dropped about 4 パーセント in 早期に 貿易(する)ing after Trump's tweet, while 株 of several other 弁護 請負業者s also 弱めるd.

"The F-35 program and cost is out of 支配(する)/統制する," Trump said on Twitter. "Billions of dollars can and will be saved on 軍の (and other) 購入(する)s after January 20th."

Jeff Babione, Lockheed ツバメ's F-35 program leader, 答える/応じるd by 説 the company understands 関心s about affordability and has 投資するd millions of dollars to 減ずる the jet's price.

A week before Trump won the Nov. 8 大統領の 選挙, the U.S. 弁護 Department and Lockheed ツバメ 結論するd 交渉s on their ninth 契約 for 90 F-35 闘士,戦闘機 jets after 14 months of 交渉s on the 取引,協定, the 米国防総省 said.

Lockheed won the 契約, valued at up to $7.18 billion, in late November and has received an 暫定的な 支払い(額).

Trump (選挙などの)運動をするd on a 約束 to 削減(する) waste in 連邦の 政府.

Last week, he also used Twitter to 的 Boeing Co for its "out of 支配(する)/統制する" costs on a new (n)艦隊/(a)素早い of 空気/公表する 軍隊 One 計画(する)s, 勧めるing the 連邦の 政府 to "取り消す order!"

Lockheed and its 重要な partners, Northrop Grumman Corp , Pratt & Whitney and BAE Systems, are developing and building three variants of the F-35s for the U.S. 軍の and 10 同盟(する)s 含むing Britain, Australia, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, イスラエル, Japan and South Korea.

After Trump's Monday morning tweet, 株 of Northrop Grumman Corp were 2.3 パーセント lower and 株 of Pratt & Whitney's parent company, 部隊d 科学(工学)技術s Corp, were off いっそう少なく than 1 パーセント in premarket 貿易(する). 株 of BAE Systems were nearly one パーセント lower in London.

Earlier this month, the 米国防総省's 長,指導者 武器 買い手 said he was 希望に満ちた that Lockheed F-35 封鎖する buy will proceed. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey; Editing by Alden Bentley and 法案 Trott)

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