Jan 3 2013
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS) division has recently been awarded contracts totaling $6.1 million to provide specialized products in support of certain National Security programs. The equipment is being produced in a secure Kratos manufacturing facility. No additional information related to these recent contract awards is being provided due to customer specific, program related and other sensitivities.
Eric DeMarco, President and CEO of Kratos, commented, "As we begin 2013, approximately 70 percent of Kratos business is related to the manufacture, production or support of specialized or technology based products supporting United States or Allied Country's National Security priority areas. Additionally, a significant portion of Kratos business is focused on strategic platforms and programs, including unmanned aerial systems, ballistic missile defense, electronic warfare, satellite communications, and aerial targets or drones, where Kratos products are designed-in and critical to the overall system and mission. These recent contract awards are directly related to Kratos strategic focus on specialized products in support of mission critical National Security programs."
About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is a specialized National Security technology business providing mission critical products, services and solutions for United States National Security. Kratos' core capabilities are sophisticated engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for National Security platforms and programs. Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), satellite communication systems, unmanned systems, cyber warfare, cyber security, information assurance, and critical infrastructure security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of approximately 4,400. The vast majority of Kratos' work is performed on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical infrastructure location. Kratos' primary end customers are National Security related agencies.
Source: http://www.kratosdefense.com/