CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Economic analysts say that if the Chicago-based Boeing Co. is awarded an Air Force contract for the NextGen Tanker, Iowa could benefit from approximately 800 jobs
Those jobs might include 200 at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids.
Earlier this week, Boeing selected Rockwell Collins to provide the same advanced flight deck technology to its new NewGen Tanker that it supplies for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
In addition to the flight deck, Rockwell Collins would supply communication, navigation, surveillance, air traffic management aircraft networks and situational awareness capability for the Boeing tanker.
