Deal for Trump’s Qatar Gift Jet Hasn’t Been Signed, Hegseth Says

The US and Qatar have yet to sign a memorandum of understanding for a luxury jumbo jet gifted by the Gulf country that President Donald Trump wants for Air Force One, his top defense chief told senators on Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said he’s unaware of any contract being executed with a US firm to retrofit the Boeing Co. 747-8, which would need sophisticated defense and communications systems to protect the president. He also declined to provide a cost estimate, which the top Air Force official earlier this week said would be less than $400 million.

While ...