Bombardier is putting an estimated $270 million into its U.S. operations and plans to hire 800 people across the country, part of a hiring and expansion push that touches facilities in Texas, Kansas, Indiana and Connecticut. The Canadian private jet maker says it is already recruiting for 500 of those positions, with another 300 jobs tied directly to expansion projects at its American sites.
The figures come from a company announcement detailed by globenewswire.com, which reports the infrastructure investment will total an estimated $270 million in its first phase. Of the 300 expansion-related jobs, Texas is set to account for the largest single share — 150 positions — with the company calling the state “the next pillar of expansion,” according to the same release. As reported by Bloomberg, the announcement lands as Bombardier appears to be regaining favor with President Donald Trump, who had previously threatened to restrict the company's U.S. business.
The remaining 150 expansion jobs beyond Texas will be spread across Bombardier's home base in Kansas, plus sites in Indiana and Connecticut, per the same globenewswire.com release as carried by financialpost.com. Bombardier currently employs roughly 3,500 people in the U.S., with more than 40 percent of that workforce based in Wichita, Kansas, according to theglobeandmail.com. The company says its broader U.S. activities supported 27,200 American jobs in 2025, and it projects that the total jobs tied to its current hiring and expansion plans will eventually exceed 33,000.
Wichita Gets a $50 Million Boost
Kansas is getting its own dedicated investment on top of the broader expansion. Bombardier announced it is putting approximately $50 million into its Wichita site, a figure the company says is part of the overall $270 million package, per cbc.ca. That Wichita investment includes a North American Learning Center alongside a recently expanded Wheel and Tire Shop, the same CBC report notes.
The Learning Center carries a specific purpose: training newly hired technicians and mechanics who will staff Bombardier's U.S. services network, according to globalair.com. That training pipeline matters given how much of the company's domestic workforce is concentrated in Wichita, and it suggests the Kansas site will keep playing an outsized role in Bombardier's broader American footprint even as Texas becomes the next growth target.
A New Service Center Takes Shape in Fort Wayne
Indiana's share of the expansion centers on a new Fort Wayne service facility, which the globenewswire.com release describes as roughly 64,500 square feet and able to accommodate up to six aircraft at once. Bombardier has said the new service centre will add approximately 100 jobs to its network over the next few years, a claim that appears on the company's own site.
The Fort Wayne timeline is described consistently in both accounts. Financialpost.com's coverage of the announcement states the service center is set to open in November, and Bombardier's own release likewise says the center is to open in November. Either way, the company frames Fort Wayne as the opening move in what it calls a previously announced multi-phase, large-scale U.S. expansion initiative.
Scale of Bombardier's American Footprint
Bombardier has 10 service facilities across six countries worldwide, according to the company. Bombardier customers operate approximately 5,300 aircraft worldwide, and the company's service, manufacturing and supply-chain activities accounted for $2.8 billion in spending in 2025, per financialpost.com's reporting.
That scale is central to why the new hiring commitments carry weight beyond the individual sites receiving investment. With Texas now positioned as what the company calls the next pillar of its expansion, and with recruitment already underway for 500 positions nationwide, Bombardier is signaling that this round of growth is meant to be sustained rather than a one-time announcement tied to a single political moment.
