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Textron Aviation To Build Workforce Development Center
Textron Aviation will begin construction of a multimillion-dollar facility that will house its workforce training, development, and education programs.
Artist's rendering of Textron Aviation's planned hiring and learning center (Image: Textron Aviation)
Textron Aviation has begun building a hiring and learning center as the Wichita-based airframer makes plans to hire 2,000 people this year alone (Image: Textron Aviation)

Textron Aviation is constructing a hiring and learning center on its East Wichita, Kansas campus, the company announced on Friday. The 100,000-sq-ft facility is scheduled to be completed by August 2024.

Funded in part by a $3.325 million grant from the state of Kansas through its Aviation Learning Opportunities & Funded Training (ALOFT) program, it will include a paint lab, sheet-metal training, and instruction in flight-control rigging and blueprint reading and interpretation. A K-12 experiential space, multiple classrooms, learning labs, and interviewing and onboarding spaces will be on-site.

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