DALLAS (AP) -- Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. said Monday it will make wings and other parts for some Cessna business jets under a contract that could be worth more than $1 billion.
Vought said the deal covers design and production work for parts that will go on the Model 850 Cessna Citation Columbus jet.
The company said most of the engineering and tool-design work will be done in Dallas and production work will be handled in Nashville, Tenn. The general manager of the Nashville plant said it was the facility's first new full-wing contract in 20 years.
Deliveries of final parts is scheduled to start in 2011.
The Citation Columbus is designed to carry up to 10 passengers with a long range. Cessna, a division of Textron Inc., plans to seek Federal Aviation Administration certification by the end of 2013 and deliver planes to customers beginning the following year.
Dallas-based Vought designs and manufactures wings, fuselage subassemblies and other components for aircraft manufacturers. It has annual sales of about $1.6 billion and 6,600 employees.