Douglas Burke, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, said the White House may have accepted lower security standards to rush Qatar-donated "Air Force One" into service. He said the aircraft was originally configured for neutral or low-threat environments and is being retrofitted with defensive systems, but work achievable in one month is limited. A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) expert said upgrades may be confined to software patches or addin

Douglas Burke, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, said the White House may have accepted lower security standards to rush Qatar-donated "Air Force One" into service. He said the aircraft was originally configured for neutral or low-threat environments and is being retrofitted with defensive systems, but work achievable in one month is limited. A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) expert said upgrades may be confined to software patches or adding countermeasures such as jammers, flares or chaff.