Lockheed CEO to Trump: We plan to add 1,800 F-35 jobs in Fort Worth

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson emerged from a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump Friday pledging to bring down the cost of the F-35 Lightning II and promising to hire more than 1,800 additional workers in Fort Worth.

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U.S Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, called Hewson's announcement a "win" for the local economy, but he expressed caution about Trump's ideas about the F-18, which lacks the stealth and other high-tech capabilities of the F-35.

"In order to ensure that these jobs will come to Fort Worth, President-elect Trump must not make any unwise decisions regarding F-18 production that would compromise the F-35," Veasey said.