Boeing is promising to bring nearly two thousand jobs to Florida if it wins a military contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers, a contract that would add hundreds of Florida engineering jobs.
The company is releasing new information about the project’s potential economic impact. The contract would help Florida’s burgeoning unemployment rate.
Boeing spokesman Bill Barksdale says the contract could provide a major boost for the company’s Florida contractors.
“We are projecting 19 hundred total jobs in the state of Florida and the annual estimated economic impact, if we would be selected for this contract, would be about 95 million dollars.”