Boeing says Trump's equity stake plan doesn't apply to big U.S. defence firms

U.S. President Donald Trump’s program to instrumentality authorities equity stakes successful strategical industries doesn’t use to large defence firms, the caput of Boeing’s defence portion said connected Saturday (December 6, 2025).

“It truly lone applies connected the proviso chain, peculiarly for the smaller companies coming done wherever that mightiness beryllium a mode guardant for them to get immoderate equity,” Steve Parker, Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Defence, Space & Security, said connected a sheet astatine the Reagan National Defense Forum, an yearly manufacture lawsuit successful Simi Valley, California.

“I don’t deliberation it truly applies to the Primes,” Mr. Parker added, referring to large bequest defence contractors similar Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX and Northrop Grumman.