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Article: Quality Jobs Act Helps Rockwell Land Contracts

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TULSA _ Rockwell International has signed $450 million in contracts to build wing structures for Boeing, adding up to 400 jobs in Tulsa and putting another notch in the belt of the state's Quality Jobs Act, Rockwell announced Tuesday.

Rockwell will build leading-edge slats and outboard trailing-edge flaps for the Boeing 737-700, which features a longer wing.

Boeing says it has 109 orders for the new 737. Southwest Airlines is the launch customer with a $2.2 billion order to buy 63 commercial jets.

The length of Rockwell's contracts will be determined by the market, but they "will carry us well into the next century," said Bill Swiech, Rockwell vice president and general manager at ...

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