KBR Fast Facts
With more than 37,000 employees in more than 40 countries and customers in more than 80 countries, there’s never a shortage of interesting facts to learn about KBR. Each quarter, KBR Fast Facts will fill you in on some new or exciting things you may or may not know about our people, culture and work from across the globe.
KBR Fast Facts
With more than 37,000 employees in more than 40 countries and customers in more than 80 countries, there’s never a shortage of interesting facts to learn about KBR. Each quarter, KBR Fast Facts will fill you in on some new or exciting things you may or may not know about our people, culture and work from across the globe.
Since the introduction of Zero Harm six years ago,
KBR HAS SEEN A GLOBAL AVERAGE REDUCTION IN INCIDENT DAYS
of more than 74%, with an 88% reduction in 2020 so far.
KBR DESIGNED, TESTED AND DELIVERED A SECURE CLOUD-BASED SOLUTION
for providing data analytics on all military aeromedical evacuations, helping improve medical decision-making during life-saving transports.
KBR has pioneered
HANDHELD AND WEARABLE AUGMENTED REALITY DEMONSTRATORS
to support training requirements in the defense sector and beyond.
With few exceptions,
EVERY U.S. NAVY ASTRONAUT SINCE 1974 HAS RECEIVED TEST PILOT TRAINING
from KBR test pilot school instructors.
In the past year,
OVER 500 ENGINEERS FROM OUR LEATHERHEAD, BAKU AND CHENNAI OFFICES HAVE RECEIVED SITE SAFETY TRAINING,
ensuring they’re aware of what to look for while at live vendor sites and fabrication yards.
KBR has provided programmatic, engineering and/or life cycle support for
EVERY MAJOR U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT PROGRAM SINCE THE F-14 PROGRAM IN 1968
and most recently the F-35.
KBR DEVELOPED A VIRTUAL TRAINING SOLUTION FOR AUSTRALIA’S LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK SHIPS,
the largest naval ships in their fleet, where three days in the virtual environment is equivalent to three months on board the ship.
Through our work supporting operations at embassies,
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS AND SEVEN DEFENCE SECRETARIES HAVE RECEIVED HOSPITALITY AT BRITISH EMBASSIES
courtesy of KBR staff.
Internationally recognized as a leader in human spaceflight,
KBR HAS SUPPORTED EVERY U.S. ASTRONAUT SINCE 1968
and currently supports every operational aspect of NASA’s human spaceflight programs.
KBR experts support all
MISSION CONTROL CENTER AND ASTRONAUT TRAINING DISCIPLINES
for the International Space Station, Orion Exploration Vehicle and Boeing Starliner Commercial Crew Vehicle.
KBR HELPS REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION
by providing high-end Ecoplanning technologies for the production of lithium chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries.
KBR has been a leader in onshore/offshore wind farm projects since 1996, developing cutting-edge floating devices such as
THE EXPANSIVE NORTH HOYLE OFFSHORE AND BEATRICE OIL FIELD OFFSHORE WIND FARMS.
Through KBR One Ocean’s zero waste policy, employees at the Leatherhead campus have
REDUCED FOOD WASTE BY MORE THAN 60%
and have seen a 78% cutback in single-use plastics.
More than 4,500 personnel, including KBR staff, clients and partners, have completed
SECURITY AWARENESS IN FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS (SAFE) TRAINING
since implementation three years ago.
KBR OPERATES SEVERAL EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES
and is using real-time data to develop open-source products that will help the world better understand land use, respond to natural hazards, predict and respond to famines, improve agricultural production, monitor water use, explore energy resources, and develop environmental resiliency strategies.
