The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Boeing has ordered a trial, increasing the odds the aerospace giant will have to plead guilty or defend against a charge it already said it committed.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday abruptly set a June 23 trial date in the Justice Department's criminal fraud case against Boeing stemming from the planemaker's alleged misrepresentations to U.S. regulators about a key system on the 737 MAX.

A federal judge overseeing plea deal negotiations between the Justice Department and Boeing has scrapped an order giving the parties more time to reach an agreement and instead ordered the giant jet maker to face a jury trial.