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APRIL 8, 2016

The state’s largest city, Wichita, is known as the Air Capital of the World due to the prominent role it plays in aviation manufacturing. Wichita’s aviation manufacturers are supported by the National Center for Aviation Training and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research.

Kansas 40

Kansas Wichita Kansas City America 40

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 Deloitte estimates that the U.S.

Iowa 69

Iowa Louisiana Texas New Jersey 69

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JANUARY 25, 2013

We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. One look at photos the National Transportation Safety Board took of the battery container from a Jan.

South Carolina 57

South Carolina Wichita Metro Chicago 57

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MARCH 27, 2019

A new State Office of Broadband Development in Kansas is working to make sure rural parts of the state can get the same high-speed service as urban centers. Read: Kansas: Broadband For All In The Sunflower State at BusinessFacilities.com.

Kansas 47

Kansas Office Wichita Defense 47