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  • Phil Carrai: Kratos to Continue US Military Satellite Operations Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Phil Carrai: Kratos to Continue US Military Satellite Operations Support

    Phil Carrai, president of the technology and training division at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said that the company will provide customizable products and services to help secure U.S. military satellite operations under a $13.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force. The order awarded in late 2017 covers the provision of satellite and communication […] More

  • Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Reports New Unmanned Aerial Drone Orders

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received multiple orders for unmanned aerial vehicles and related systems worth a combined $3.2 million. Kratos said Wednesday its modular systems division will produce drones and other system products at multiple production facilities for undisclosed customers. Thomas Mills, president of Kratos MSD, said that the business aims to support the security […] More

  • Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: C4ISR Tech Spending in North America to Reach $732B by 2027

    Reportlinker has unveiled a new report that predicts the global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will reach more than $177 billion in cumulative value by 2027 at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate. An increasing demand for battle-space awareness and network centric warfare modernization efforts will help drive C4ISR market growth […] More

  • Kratos to Produce, Sustain Air Force Satcom C2 System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Produce, Sustain Air Force Satcom C2 System

    A division of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $13.9 million contract modification to help the U.S. Air Force produce and sustain a command and control system military satellite communications satellites. The Defense Department said Friday the service branch exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for Kratos’ technology and training solutions business to […] More

  • Navy Orders Additional Kratos Rocket Motors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders Additional Kratos Rocket Motors

    A business unit of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received an $11.1 million contract modification to supply additional rocket motor systems to the U.S. Navy. The company said Tuesday its space and missile defense systems unit will provide  Oriole rocket motors and hardware for sub-orbital vehicles used to test the Aegis weapons system. The Navy […] More

  • Report: Kratos CEO Eric DeMarco Anticipates Growth of Satcom Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Kratos CEO Eric DeMarco Anticipates Growth of Satcom Business

    Eric DeMarco, CEO of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said he expects Kratos’ satellite communications business to grow, partly because of the U.S. government’s increased focus on space technologies, Space Intel Report reported Friday. “In the 2018 [Defense Department] budget request, space and satellite-related funding lines received one of the largest increases in request over […] More

  • Kratos Short Range Ballistic Missile System Supports Navy Air and Missile Defense Radar Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Short Range Ballistic Missile System Supports Navy Air and Missile Defense Radar Testing

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has offered its short range ballistic missile system to support U.S. Navy testing activities on the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar. The company said Thursday that the AN/SPY-6(V) system acquired and tracked the movement of the Kratos Space and Missile Defense Systems-built SRBM technology which was launched from the Pacific Missile […] More

  • Kratos Launches Geolocation Tool for Satellite Interference Mitigation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Launches Geolocation Tool for Satellite Interference Mitigation

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled a new geolocation platform that works to determine the physical location of very small aperture terminals in an effort to mitigate satellite interference. The satID platform comes with a time division multiple access geolocation module designed to classify, process and filter signals from VSATs and provide signal removal […] More

  • Report: Kratos to Enter Production Phase of 'Confidential' Govt UAV Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Kratos to Enter Production Phase of ‘Confidential’ Govt UAV Platform

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions is scheduled to begin production of unmanned aerial vehicles for an unidentified government customer by the end of the third quarter, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Kratos President and CEO Eric DeMarco told audience at the Jefferies 2017 Investor Conference that he expects the “confidential” UAV program to help increase Kratos’ drone […] More

  • Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Kratos Subsidiary for Saudi Arabia Technical Services FMS Contract

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a three-year, $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide program planning, technical and instructional services to the government of Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Monday the foreign military sales contract covers support for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative that seeks to optimize social and economic conditions […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary Lands Contract to Support DoD Wideband Communications Architecture Study - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Lands Contract to Support DoD Wideband Communications Architecture Study

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has secured a contract to help define the Defense Department‘s future ground architecture under a Wideband Communications Architecture Study contract. RT Logic will work to develop satellite communications resiliency concepts in support of the federal government’s satellite and space defense program, Kratos said Tuesday. John Monahan, senior vice president […] More

  • Kratos Division Lands Drone Delivery Order With US Govt Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Division Lands Drone Delivery Order With US Govt Agency

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions division has secured an order to supply six unmanned aircraft systems to an unnamed U.S. government customer. Steve Fendley, president of unmanned systems division at Kratos, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will work to meet the country’s national security needs through the order. Kratos’ unmanned systems […] More