UK to announce $10 billion Boeing purchase, US commerce secretary says

Reuters

Thu, May 8, 2025, 8:25 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom volition acquisition $10 cardinal of Boeing planes, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said astatine the White House connected Thursday during the announcement of a bilateral commercialized woody betwixt the UK and the United States.

Lutnick did not elaborate, but indicated it was a private-sector purchase, saying helium would fto the hose making the acquisition denote it.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery; Editing by Mark Porter)