LONDON—Boeing’s defense chief said on Sunday it had learned lessons from a contract to supply the U.S. presidency with new Air Force One aircraft, which has cost the planemaker almost $1 billion in charges and is up to three years behind schedule.
Ted Colbert did not give details of learnings, but said they had contributed to a new schedule for the two planes that has seen deliveries pushed back to 2026 and 2027.
“The lessons learned are important to us and we’re applying them going forward,” Colbert told reporters at a briefing ahead of the Farnborough air show. “We’ve made changes to the program. We’ve made changes to the way we work on the program.”…