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{{Organization | {{Organization | ||
|OrganizationName= Kansas City National Security Campus | |OrganizationName=Kansas City National Security Campus | ||
|OrganizationType= Government Corporations (Sub-organization) | |OrganizationType=Government Corporations (Sub-organization) | ||
|Mission= KCNSC supports the U.S. nuclear deterrent by manufacturing and procuring non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, ensuring their safety, security, and reliability, and providing technical services in support of national defense. | |Mission=KCNSC supports the U.S. nuclear deterrent by manufacturing and procuring non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, ensuring their safety, security, and reliability, and providing technical services in support of national defense. | ||
| | |ParentOrganization=National Nuclear Security Administration | ||
|Employees= 7000 | |TopOrganization=Department of Energy | ||
|Budget= | |Employees=7000 | ||
| | |Budget=$1.366 billion [2025 FY] | ||
|Services= Manufacturing Non-Nuclear Components; Technical Services; Environmental Testing; Simulation and Analysis | |OrganizationExecutive=Manager | ||
|Services=Manufacturing Non-Nuclear Components; Technical Services; Environmental Testing; Simulation and Analysis | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.86349, -94.55291 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, MO 64147 | |||
|HeadquartersLocation= 38. | |Website=https://kcnsc.doe.gov | ||
|HeadquartersAddress= 14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, MO 64147 | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Kansas City National Security Campus''' ('''KCNSC'''), formerly known as the '''Kansas City Plant''', is a [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA) facility managed and operated by [[Honeywell|Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies]] that manufactures "80 percent of non-nuclear components that go into [[US nuclear arsenal|the [United States] nuclear stockpile]]."<ref>{{cite Q|Q102105526}}<!-- Nuclear Security Mission -->.</ref> | The '''Kansas City National Security Campus''' ('''KCNSC'''), formerly known as the '''Kansas City Plant''', is a [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA) facility managed and operated by [[Honeywell|Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies]] that manufactures "80 percent of non-nuclear components that go into [[US nuclear arsenal|the [United States] nuclear stockpile]]."<ref>{{cite Q|Q102105526}}<!-- Nuclear Security Mission -->.</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The plant traces its history to the [[Pratt & Whitney]] plant dedicated by then Senator | The plant traces its history to the [[Pratt & Whitney]] plant dedicated by then Senator Harry S. Truman in 1942, which manufactured [[Pratt & Whitney R-2800|Double Wasp]] engines during [[World War II]]. In 1949 the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission|Atomic Energy Commission]] commissioned the [[Bendix Corporation]] (specifically, the [[Bendix Aviation Corporation]]) to build the non-nuclear components of nuclear warheads there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://honeywell.com/sites/aero-kcp/About-Us/Pages/mission-history.aspx |title=Mission & History – Kansas City Plant |publisher=Honeywell |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Bendix became [[AlliedSignal]] in 1983 and eventually [[Honeywell]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcnsc.doe.gov/missions/history|title=About Us – Honeywell History |publisher=Honeywell.com |access-date=August 16, 2014 }}</ref> Workers at the site are represented by the [[International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers]] (IAMAW).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bischak |first=Greg |editor-last1=Dumas |editor-first1=Lloyd J. |editor-last2=Thee |editor-first2=Marek |encyclopedia=Making Peace Possible: The Promise of Economic Conversion |title=Facing the Second Generation of the Nuclear Weapons Complex: Renewal of the Nuclear Production Base or Economic Conversion? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=brijBQAAQBAJ |access-date=March 20, 2022 |date=1989 |publisher=Pergamon Press |series=Peace Research Monograph |volume=19 |isbn=0-08-037252X |page=118 }}</ref> | ||
==Kansas City National Security Campus== | ==Kansas City National Security Campus== | ||