The US aviation giant is looking to digital technology to speed production of new planes, said Susan Doniz, chief information officer for Boeing, at the Reuters Momentum conference in Austin on Tuesday. She cited how Boeing cut the development time of the T-7 trainer aircraft by 80% to three years as an example of what might be possible for commercial jets.

Still, Doniz declined to offer a target date for when Boeing will digitally design its next big plane, a goal the company has discussed for years. Boeing has a commercial order book of 4,354 aircraft.

Some employees also expressed reluctance about the tools Boeing offered to help them. The company deployed HoloLens, a mixed-reality headset from Microsoft Corp, so staff could connect planes with…