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Excludes Evergy’s Crossroads Generating Station located in Starkville, MS and Spring Creek Energy Center located in Logan County, OK.

Few spots in the world, let alone the USA, can match Evergy’s territory for its aerospace industry cluster. Did you know more than half of the world’s general aviation light aircraft and business jets are manufactured in our territory in Wichita?

Evergy’s territory is home to 160+ aerospace companies classified in one of these 3 industrial codes:

POWER PLANTS HEADQUARTERS

SERVICE TERRITORY

Where Is Our Territory?

160+ Aerospace Companies in Evergy’s Territory

KANSAS CITYTOPEKA

WICHITA

Aircraft Manufacturing Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing Companies

Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

Click here for a full list of all aerospace companies in our territory.

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A Sampling of Aerospace Manufacturing Facilities in Our Territory

Spirit AeroSystems, headquartered in Wichita, is the world’s largest first-tier aerostructures manufacturer and the largest supplier to both Boeing and Airbus. The company builds several important pieces of Boeing aircraft, including the fuselage of the 737, portions of the 787 fuselage and the cockpit section of the fuselage of nearly all of its airliners. Spirit also produces fuselage sections and front wing spars for the Airbus A350. Spirit employs more than 12,000 people in Wichita.

Bombardier manufactures Learjets at 1.24 million sq. ft. of production facilities in Wichita, Kansas, where they employ more than 2,000 people.

Textron Aviation has multiple manufacturing facilities in our territory. Textron employs more than 9,000 people in Wichita manufacturing Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes. In Independence, Kansas, Textron assembles, paints and installs interiors and delivers seven single-engine piston aircraft models — 172R Skyhawk, 172S Skyhawk SP, 182T Skylane, T182T Turbo Skylane, 206H Stationair, T206H Turbo Stationair and the Corvalis TTX — as well as the Citation Mustang entry-level business jet. Additionally, Independence employees provide Garmin G1000 avionics pilot training and manufacture small parts for propeller aircraft and for some business jets that are built at Cessna’s headquarters in Wichita.

Triumph has two manufacturing facilities in our territory where they produce landing gear structure and assemblies, seat/cargo tracks, floor beams, thrust reverser beams, stringer end fittings, wing attach fittings, installation brackets, hinge arm assemblies and engine inlet assemblies. The two facilities are located in Wichita and Edgerton, Kansas.

Spirit AeroSystems

Bombardier

Textron Aviation

Triumph

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Airbus Engineering

A Sampling of Aerospace MROs in Our Territory

Wichita is home to Airbus Americas Engineering, which oversees the company’s U.S. engineering activities working on all Airbus jetliners. Airbus recently moved its engineering center to Wichita State University’s Innovation campus.

Textron Aviation’ Wichita Service Center performs aircraft maintenance, service and modifications for Citation, King Air, and Hawker aircraft employing more than 700 people.

Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) in Wichita is an FAA-certified, full-service MRO focusing on maintenance and avionics installations, modifications and repair, custom interior modifications and exterior paint for all Hawker and Beechcraft products.

Aviation Technical Services based in Kansas City services narrow body and widebody aircraft for our commercial, cargo and military customers in over 607,000 sq. ft. They perform repairs on a variety of Boeing and Airbus aircraft and are capable of supporting both young and aging aircraft. Their capabilities include heavy maintenance (up to a D check), interior and exterior modifications, transitions, avionics, fleet integration, engineering services and ground support.

Headquartered in Kansas City, PAS Technologies’ capabilities include D-Gun / Super D-Gun, Thermal Spray (HVOF, APS), Welding (TIG, EB), Hot Form / Vacuum Heat Treat, Grinding, CNC Milling, Turning, Drilling, Inspection (CMM, NDT). The company has experience working on engines such as the PW4000, LM2500, F117, F110, F100, F414, V2500 and CFM56.

Textron Aviation

Hawker Beechcraft Services

Aviation Technical Services

PAS Technologies

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A Sampling of Avionics Suppliers in Our Territory

Skilled Labor

Honeywell manufactures electronic equipment such as flight management systems, radios, radars and actuators in our territory. Additionally, Honeywell provides MRO services for these types of equipment.

Our region enjoys an abundant, highly skilled workforce as evidenced from the following aerospace, aviation and defense jobs numbers for the year 2018.

Growth in the last five years:

Garmin manufactures integrated cockpits, panel mount displays, multi-function displays (MFD), transponders, radar and other avionics in our territory.

Honeywell

Garmin

22,000+

7,915

7,500

3,146

2,511

1,011

755

Aircraft Manufacturing

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging and Systems Assembly

Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing

Avionics Technicians

Aerospace Engineers

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Number of Jobs Aerospace Jobs are Growing

10% growth

6% growth

4% growth

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

Aerospace Engineers and Operations Technicians

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Aerospace Education, Research & Development in Our Region

Since 1985, National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University (WSU) has made a name for itself as the most capable university-based aviation research center in the U.S., providing research, design, testing, certification and training to the aviation manufacturing industry, government agencies and other clients that can benefit from our services. With 320,000 sq. ft. of research and office space, NIAR is home to several labs, including: Advanced Coatings, Aging Aircraft, CAD/CAM, Composites & Advanced Materials, Computational Mechanics, Crash Dynamics, Environmental Test, Full-Scale Structural Test, Mechanical Test, Metrology, Nondestructive Test, Virtual Reality and the Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel. As a department of WSU, NIAR operates on a non-profit budget that has steadily increased to more than $46 million in 2013. NIAR is also home to the FAA Center of Excellence for Composites and Advanced Materials (CECAM) and the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP), which is funded through the FAA and Air Force Research Laboratory. Our clients include Boeing, Bombardier Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft and Spirit Aerosystems.

Managed by Wichita State University Tech, the National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT) is the world’s premier facility for the development of a skilled aviation manufacturing workforce.

The Aviation Institute of Maintenance located in Kansas City offers Aircraft Mechanic programs which prepares students for the Airframe and Powerplant Technician certificate.

Kansas State University’s College of Technology and Aviation offers both associate and bachelor’s degrees in aviation maintenance and professional pilot, as well as an associate degree in avionics.

The University of Kansas offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in Aerospace Engineering.

National Institute for Aviation Research

National Center for Aviation Training

Aviation Institute of Maintenance

Kansas State University College of Technology and Aviation

University of Kansas

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Our territory has three air-related military bases:

• McConnell Air Force Base

• Whiteman Air Force Base

• Rosecrans Air National Guard Base

KCP&L and Westar Energy recently merged and have become Evergy. Evergy services more than 1.6 million customers in 92 northwestern Missouri and Kansas counties. We have over 13,000 megawatts of efficient generation assets in operation.

Evergy’s diverse energy mix results in affordable, reliable electricity generation. Like many utility companies around the country, we depend on coal as a price-stable way to generate the electricity needed to supply our customers 24 hours a day. We supplement with power generated from other sources, including natural gas, fuel oil, wind, solar, nuclear, biogas and hydro. The result: a balanced portfolio that is responsive to fuel prices, environmental concerns, regulatory initiatives and other factors.

Renewable energy is part of our current mix and will continue to be considered in our future capacity additions. We continually explore ways to broaden our sustainable strategy and comply with renewable energy mandates.

Our rates for aerospace industry manufacturers benefit from that industry’s typical multi-shift operations which reduces the cost per kWh. In addition, auto industry suppliers benefit from cost-saving tariffs that will provide a reduced rate for a five-year period.

Military Air Bases

Our Electric Power Advantages

Combined company-owned generation

13,097 MW

Combined company renewables

3,116 MWCoal56%

Nuclear 2019

Wind

Hydro

15%

23.7%Natural Gas

3.9%1%Oil

0%

LFG0.1%

Solar0.01%

How much total power capacity does Evergy have as a result of the merger?

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Intermodal Transportation InfrastructureWe have access to numerous interstates and all five Class I railroads.

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45

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Boston

New York

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Chicago

San Diego

SanFrancisco

Dallas

Houston

Denver

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CENTRAL LOCATION TO REACH 99% OF U.S. IN 3 DAYS OR LESS

We have access to numerous interstates and all five Class I railroads.

INTER STATE

Major Interstates

I-35

I-70

I-49

I-29

Class I Rail

BNSF

CSX

KCS

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UP

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