President Donald Trump wants his newest Air Force One, and he is not pleased with Boeing for the delays in that process. The commander-in-chief has therefore deputized Elon Musk to spur Boeing along and has even wondered aloud about entirely handing the project over to the technology maven.

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.

Two new Air Force One airplanes are at least three years away from being delivered to President Donald Trump, prompting him to request Elon Musk's assistance.

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.

"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's CEO said Elon Musk is helping the planemaker work through bottlenecks that have caused Air Force One jets to fall years behind schedule.