Aerosapce supplier NWI Wichita doubles down on space with capital investments, hiring push

This Wichita-area aerospace supplier is betting big on the second space race. Just three years ago, NWI Wichita had no work in the space sector. Today, the space industry comprises about 40% of the tier-two supplier’s revenue. “We have been working very hard over the last two years to diversify our business,” said Philip Allen, NWI Aerostructure’s senior director of business development for North America. The 200,000 square-foot Park City manufacturing site has operated as NWI Wichita since 2022, after Tect Aerospace declared bankruptcy and auctioned off its facilities.
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