Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and the Air Force Research Laboratory completed the sixth flight test of the company’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle on March 26 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The test flight also demonstrated Valkyrie’s ability to release a small, unmanned aircraft system through its internal weapons bay.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions helped Space Vector and the U.S. Space Force launch a scientific experiment via a sounding rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on March 3. Kratos said Friday its team for the Sounding Rocket Program-4 effort lifted up the sounding launch vehicle, which carried a scientific experiment from the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured an $8.9 million subcontract from USfalcon to modernize four avionics training systems and two maintenance-blended reconfigurable aviation trainers for the U.S. Army's CH-47F Chinook helicopter program.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has landed a contract of an undisclosed sum to deliver Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program advisory services in support of radiation therapy equipment and clinical management services provider Elekta.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $12.7M task order under the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to wrap up the development of a turbojet engine designed for cruise missiles and attritable unmanned aerial vehicles.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will perform engineering and logistics for BQM-177A aerial target systems under a new U.S. Navy-awarded $3.6M contract option that follows the completion of the full rate production effort. Steve Fendley, president of Kratos' unmanned systems division, said in a statement posted Thursday the company has begun operations and sustainment activities for the Navy's sub-sonic aerial target as part of the program's life cycle.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has been named a certified third-party assessment organization by the accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to help determine defense contractors' compliance with the new security standards. The CMMC Accreditation Body authorized Kratos to assess whether companies observe security practices that follow DOD's industrial cybersecurity requirements, Kratos said Wednesday.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $17.8M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue helping its research laboratory arm develop low-cost, attritable unmanned aircraft systems that are reusable with minimal maintenance. Kratos said Monday it will support various efforts, including the company's own XQ-58A Valkyrie, to develop low-cost attritable aircraft technology.

The U.S. Air Force and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions demonstrated the flight of an attritable XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft system designed to require fewer maintenance costs compared to other models. The fifth demonstration of the Kratos-made aircraft took place at Arizona-based Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9 with Air Force Research Laboratory under the attritableONE program, Robins Air Force Base said Tuesday.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has secured a $38.7M contract option for lot 2 production of 48 additional BQM-177A subsonic aerial targets and delivery of associated data to the U.S. Navy.

Frank Backes, senior vice president for federal space business at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has noted that the military and industry are working to identify threats to space systems, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has reached a new milestone for the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target with the delivery of its 100th production unit to Naval Air Systems Command.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled an aircraft simulation training system designed to support immersive scenarios beyond augmented- and virtual-reality.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has launched a software-defined satellite ground station as a service offering built to digitize radio-frequency signals and virtualize satellite communications operations.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions now offers advisory services to help companies achieve compliance with the Department of Defense's new cybersecurity standard. The company said Wednesday it will assess gaps, remediate assets, provide documentation and deliver consulting services to help defense contractors meet DoD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements.