2006 Top 100
94: Westar Aerospace and Defense Group Inc.
| Top 100 Revenue: | $72,424,318 |
| Defense Revenue: | $72,424,318 |
| Civilian Revenue: | N/A |
| 2005 Revenue: | $186 million |
| 2005 Earnings: | N/A |
| 2004 Revenue: | N/A |
| 2004 Earnings: | N/A |
| Number of employees: | 1,000 |
| Headquarters: | St. Louis |
| Website: | www.westar.com |
| Leadership: | Robert Topping, president and CEO Jim Williford, executive vice president, National Capital region |
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| Lines of business: | Global and theatre defense architecture, defense systems interoperability, weapon systems engineering, integration and test, sense and respond logistics, programming systems and IT support and homeland security technology |
| Major customers: | Defense, Army and Marine Corps |
| Major contracts/projects: | The Army Aviation and Missile Command hired Westar to provide engineering, statistical analysis and database architecture design services for implementation of Condition Based Maintenance. The $30 million contract was awarded in October 2005. |