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Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 28th, 2025

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Despite Charges, Boeing Chief Cites Progress On Fixed-Price Defense Programs

Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg. Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] continues to grapple with challenges in troubled government programs it won bidding on fixed-price development contracts and while there is no simple fix progress is being made and performance should improve this year, Kelly Ortberg, the company’s president and CEO, said on Tuesday. Boeing’s fourth quarter financial results included $1.7 billion in pre-tax charges on five programs in the company’s defense segment that it disclosed last week (Defense Daily, Jan. 23). Ortberg told investors he has done his…

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