May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has commissioned

defense contractor L3Harris Technologies ( LHX ) to overhaul a

Boeing 747 formerly used by the Qatari government to use as an

interim Air Force One, the Wall Street Journal reported on

Thursday.

President Donald Trump, frustrated by the delays on Boeing's ( BA )

Air Force One, wants to have the plane available for use as

early as the fall, the WSJ report said, citing people familiar

with the matter.

Boeing's ( BA ) Air Force One program has been troubled by supply

chain issues, high costs, and the complexity of the planes that

are intended to be an airborne White House, pushing the delivery

towards the end of Trump's second presidential term.

The planemaker, beset with major controversies over the

past few years, had indicated to federal officials around the

November elections that the delivery would not be possible until

around 2035, the report said, citing people familiar with the

talks.

Boeing ( BA ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment, while L3Harris ( LHX ) declined to comment.

L3Harris ( LHX ) has been a contractor to Boeing ( BA ), working on

communications systems for the pair of replacement Air Force

Ones, the report said. The interim jet would serve alongside the

current pair of ageing jets.