Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $50.9 million contract modification to provide subsonic aerial targets for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said Tuesday it will deliver 50 units of the BQM-177A target to the Navy, seven to Japan and eight to Saudi Arabia. The award also provides for […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $12 million order for satellite command and control system products, hardware and equipment in support of the U.S. military. The award includes satellite services such as mission activity and maneuver planning, telemetry processing, orbit and altitude adjustment, simulation, security, training and testing, Kratos said Wednesday. According to […] More

Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and Dallas, Texas-headquartered military services provider RPS Defense are collaborating to provide operational and maintenance service in support of the former’s tactical UAS. Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, KUAS’ parent company, said Tuesday the partnership will see RPS supporting its UAS technologies as they transition from the prototyping and demonstration phases […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a one-year, $17.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the design and development of an unmanned aerial system that can function as an off board sensing station. The company said Tuesday Kratos Unmanned Systems Division’s OBSS drone work has option to extend to 15 more months […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has delivered the first set of OpenSpace technologies to Northrop Grumman in support of its development of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node space-ground prototype for the U.S. Army. OpenSpace quantum and SpectralNet products will be used to virtualize TITAN’s processing of data coming from various commercial satellite systems to […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $2.8 million Department of Defense funding for prototype development effort aimed at providing commanders with quick access to space-related situational awareness data. The San Diego, California-based company said it will prototype a system for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force’s Unified Data Library by working on […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ satellite ground system platform can now be deployed on Red Hat‘s private cloud environment in an effort to enable customers to securely operate signals when conducting satellite missions and operations. Kratos said Monday its OpenSpace platform intended for dynamic ground missions can be used on RedHat’s OpenStack cloud environment, allowing […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the test flight of its new tactical drone system at the company’s recently approved Burns Flat Range facility in Oklahoma to demonstrate new mission capabilities. The Air Wolf tactical drone carrying an artificial intelligence/autonomy system and other payloads marked the inaugural flight at the company’s latest asset designed […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and General Atomics have received contract option awards from the U.S. Air Force to continue developing their unmanned aerial vehicle candidates for the Skyborg Vanguard program. The contract options fund the integration of the Autonomous Core System into the Kratos XQ-58A and General Atomics MQ-20 aircraft and performance of more […] More

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has partnered with North American Wave Engine Corp. to create a new air-launched vehicle that would demonstrate low-cost technologies to be used in future aerial platforms. Kratos said Friday its unmanned systems division will help Wave Engine Corp. develop the Versatile Air-Launched Platform under the latter’s $1 million contract with […] More

A division of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions landed a U.S. Navy contract to build a hypersonic, experimental test vehicle intended to demonstrate the maturation of high-speed flight platform used in missile defense and hypersonic study. Kratos’ Defense and Rocket Support Services Division will develop the flight vehicle aimed at innovating technologies for rapid testing […] More

A division within Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has concluded testing of a low-cost, attritable turbine engine core designed for unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. The company said Monday Kratos Turbine Technologies division completed engine core testing under the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission program and exhibited the operability and performance of Kratos’ […] More