DOE/NNSA
Kansas City Plant (KCP)
Ryan M. Besand
Program Manager, Strategic Innovation
The Kansas City Plant is operated and managed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, for the NNSA
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DOE/NNSA Nuclear Security Enterprise
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LLNL – Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
LANL – Los Alamos National
Laboratory
SNL – Sandia National Laboratories
NNSA – AL National Nuclear
Security Administration –
Albuquerque Service Center
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PX - Pantex
KCP – Kansas City Plant
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SRS – Savannah River Site
NNSA – HQ – National Nuclear
Security Administration Headquarters
LLNL
LANL
KCP
NNSA-AL
SNL
NNSA-HQ
Y-12
SRS
Pantex
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KCP Missions
 The Kansas City Plant’s Core Mission is to be the
premier manufacturing center of non-nuclear parts for
nuclear weapons in support of the Nuclear Security
Enterprise
 Expanded Mission is to leverage our core capabilities
and expertise to support national security
 Rapid response fielding of components
 Ongoing support for strategic, enduring missions
 Assistance in maintaining aging weapon systems
 Assist in the transition of technology to fielded applications
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KCP Manufacturing Enterprise
Services Throughout the Program Life Cycle
Program Management &
Production Planning
• 15,000 customer orders
• 1 million manufacturing tasks
planned and integrated weekly
• NWC programmatic scheduling
• 20 worldwide sites supported by
spares program
Configuration Management
• 136,000 product drawings
• 3,500 engineering changes per year
• 400,000 reference documents
Concurrent Engineering
Design for Manufacturability
Supply Chain
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DEAR and FAR compliant
340 production suppliers
6,000 different part numbers
6 million piece-parts per
year
• NWC centralized
procurement
• High socio-economic
requirements
Logistics & Stores
• 100,000 product packages
shipped annually
• 26 storerooms
• 53,518 unique parts
• 85,600 part locations
• 1,700 classified part numbers
Product / Process Development
Tear Down & Disposal
Quality
• QC-1 rigor, nuclear safety driven
• 1 million annual receipt inspections
• 1,000 annual source inspections and
supplier audits
• 4.8 million annual manufacturing
inspections and verifications
Manufacturing
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Three integrated factories
40 product families
120 advanced technologies
35 process departments
3,000 work centers
275,000 pieces per year
Confidence from Cradle to Grave
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Expertise
Experience/Depth Chart
 2,500+ Cleared Associates
 Average: 20 Yrs Service
 50% Scientists/Engineers/Technicians
 1,200 – Undergraduate Degrees
 455 – Advanced Degrees
 3M+ Square Feet of Manufacturing Space
Access to Multi-disciplined Technical Teams
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Capabilities
Three Unique Integrated Manufacturing Factories…
ELECTRONIC
MECHANICAL
MATERIALS
 Firing & arming systems - Miniature
fuzes/safing devices
 Radars
 Timers & programmers
 Telemetry
 Signal generators
 Cables – RF, flex, multiwire
 Printed wiring boards
 Field test equipment
 Microelectronics systems - LTCC, thick
film & thin film
 Laser and fiber optic systems
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Coded switches
Squib valves
Case parts
Gas reservoirs
Inertial sensing devices
Battery actuators
Structural supports
Handling equipment
Secure trailers
Special containers
Composite structures
Compression parts
Cushions
Metal filled polymers
Insulators
Radomes
Shock mitigators
Molded rigid plastics
Desiccants
Hydrogen getters
Coatings
…in a trusted and secure environment
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KCP’s Core Capability
in the Value Chain
Industry
Commercialization
Manufacturability
Feasibility/Prototyping
Development
KCP
Bridges
the
“Valley
of Death”
Research
Laboratories
Universities
Small Business
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Locations
Kansas City Plant, MO
Kirtland Operations, NM
Managing Contractor at Multiple Secure USG Sites
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Summary
 KCP has a history of supporting the
transition of technology from
development through sustainment
 The capabilities at KCP are leveraged to
support multiple missions
 The breadth and depth of single-source
Manufacturing and Engineering
capabilities is unparalleled in today’s
manufacturing community
Contact Information:
Ryan Besand
Program Manager
Strategic Innovation
816-997-5829
rbesand@kcp.doe.gov
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