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Bombardier seeks $5.75 million in state funds to create top‑secret capable facility in Wichita
Summary
Mike O'Neil, a company representative for Bombardier Defense, told the Kansas House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that Bombardier seeks $5.75 million from the governor’s budget to build a physically separate, secure facility on its Wichita campus to qualify for top‑secret military work.
Mike O'Neil, a company representative for Bombardier Defense, told the Kansas House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that Bombardier is asking the state to support construction of a physically separate facility on its Wichita campus that would allow the company to work to top‑secret specifications with U.S. military customers. The governor’s budget recommendation includes a $5,750,000 state appropriation for that purpose; Bombardier’s initial private request was $6,000,000.
The request, O'Neil said, would fund “infrastructure” on the existing Learjet Way campus in Wichita to segregate programs requiring top‑secret clearances from the rest of the site. “The state portion of the budget recommendation will assist in creating…
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