Kelly Ortberg, the CEO of Boeing, said he was working with the DOGE team to speed up delivery.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said at an analyst conference that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is helping Boeing address issues that have delayed delivery of the new Air Force One jets.

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday said Elon Musk, the head of its space business rival SpaceX, is "helping us a lot" in navigating through delays in delivering Boeing's Air Force One presidential jet.

Among the ways being discussed to force faster delivery of two presidential planes are relaxing security clearances for Boeing workers and even purchasing a temporary luxury plane and retrofitting it.

Billionaire Elon Musk is now lending a hand to Boeing, assisting the company with developing the long-delayed 747-8-based VC-25B Air Force One replacement that president Donald Trump badly desires.

Tinker Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in Oklahoma, with more than 26,000 military and civilian employees. Though it hasn't happened yet, hundreds of civilian employees could be in line to lose their jobs at Tinker Air Force Base sometime this month.

Boeing Co.’s chief executive officer said Elon Musk and his DOGE team are helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused the next fleet of Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.

Boeing BA.NCEO Kelly Ortberg on Thursday said Elon Musk, the head of its space business rival SpaceX, is "helping us a lot" in navigating through delays in delivering Boeing's Air Force One ...

"He’s able to pretty quickly ascertain the difference between technical requirements and things that we can move out of the way," Kelly Ortberg said.

Boeing is getting help from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to get through the requirements of the long-delayed Air Force One program, following complaints from U.S. President Donald Trump, the planemaker's CEO Kelly Ortberg said on Thursday.