More New Jobs Coming To America
In wake of Donald Trump’s win the 2016 presidential election, numerous companies have announced that they will be creating new jobs here in the U.S. or they have announced that they are cancelling plans to move jobs out of the United States. Among the list so far includes companies like Ford, Carrier, Chrysler, IBM, Amazon and Alibaba just to name a few. Now add Lockheed Martin to the list.
Last Month Trump had blasted the cost of the F-35 program on Twitter which immediately sent stock prices tumbling for Lockheed.
The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2016
In response Lockheed said they were going to work to get the cost of the F-35 down and vowed to work with Trump.
Now Lockheed has announced they will be creating 1,800 new jobs in Fort-Worth, Texas for the F-35.
When signed, this F-35 deal will create 1800 new jobs at LM Texas and thousands more in our U.S. supply base.
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) January 13, 2017
LM CEO just met with @RealDonaldTrump and said we are close to a deal on the new F-35 contract that will significantly reduce the price.
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) January 13, 2017
LM CEO Marillyn Hewson’s statement on today’s meeting with @RealDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7FwNPJNczR
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) January 13, 2017