# Spirit AeroSystems expands defense production in Wichita

Spirit AeroSystems will expand operations at its Wichita, Kansas manufacturing campus to produce tooling, composite parts, and machine complex metallic parts. The expansion is funded by an $80 million allocation from the Department of Defense.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-06-12
- Where: Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Value: $80.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: tooling, composite parts, metallic parts
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Spirit AeroSystems](https://endata.com/companies/16652.md)

## Sources

- [areadevelopment.com](https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/6-12-2020/spirit-aerosystems-manufacturing-wichita-kansas.shtml), 2020-06-12: "Spirit AeroSystems, a company that designs and builds composite and metallic aerostructures for commercial and defense customers, will expand operations to produce tooling, fabricate composite parts and machine complex metallic parts at its manufacturing campus in Wichita, Kansas."

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