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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) generates frequent news related to defense, national security and commercial technologies. The company’s announcements highlight developments in unmanned systems, hypersonics, propulsion, space and satellite ground systems, microwave electronics, and C5ISR hardware. This news page aggregates those updates so readers can follow how Kratos’ activities and contracts evolve over time.
Recent news has covered the opening of new facilities for hypersonic system manufacturing and payload integration in Princess Anne, Maryland, expansion of operations in Birmingham, Alabama to support products such as HORUS, CRADLE and UltraSpec, and a new propulsion manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan for Spartan military-grade turbojet engines. Kratos has also reported on a new microwave electronics facility in Jerusalem, a PT6A and PT6T engine overhaul facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, and additional investments in the U.S. defense industrial base.
Other announcements include a collaboration with Northrop Grumman that uses Kratos’ Valkyrie uncrewed aerial system in a U.S. Marine Corps collaborative combat aircraft program, contracts for air defense and C5ISR system hardware production, and a letter of intent to L3Harris Technologies for Zeus hypersonic solid rocket motors. Kratos also issues news on its EPOCH command and control software for satellites, capital raising transactions and its reinvestment-focused capital allocation philosophy.
Investors, analysts and industry observers can use this KTOS news feed to review company press releases, contract awards, facility openings, technology milestones and strategic agreements as they are reported, providing context on Kratos’ role in defense, national security and related commercial markets.
Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) announced it was awarded a contract on Feb 18, 2026 by the Department of War’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office to support test and evaluation of thermal protection systems for hypersonic vehicles.
Kratos will develop standardized hypersonic test setpoints, establish test methodologies, and run material test campaigns to accelerate materials development and validate procedures for the hypersonic testing community.
Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) was awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Airbus to deliver an end-to-end ground segment for Space Communication Technologies' OmanSat-1 software-defined OneSat satellite.
Kratos will supply Ka-band TT&C antennas, carrier monitoring, command-and-control, flight dynamics, orchestration software and onsite installation, commissioning, training and support from its Oman office.
Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) will expand automated truck platooning in support of Champion Tire & Wheel’s NASCAR logistics for the 2026 season, demonstrating scaled autonomy in time-critical race supply chains. Debut of newly branded trailers is scheduled for Daytona 500 weekend; a cross-country deployment to Naval Base Coronado is planned for June.
Kratos pairs a human-driven lead truck with an automated follower to maintain coordinated speed, braking, and steering, aiming for repeatable, safe performance while advancing dual-use defense-to-commercial autonomy.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS) will release fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 results after market close on Monday, February 23, 2026.
Management will host a conference call the same day at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET, available via the company website with registration and replay options.
Kratos (NASDAQ: KTOS) was selected on Feb 10, 2026 to participate in the Phase 1 Gauntlet of the Office of the Secretary of War’s Drone Dominance Program. The Gauntlet is a live competition to evaluate platforms for multiple one-way attack missions, with prototype delivery awards tied to rankings.
Kratos highlighted its small unmanned aerial systems portfolio and emphasized speed, affordability, and prior delivery experience as reasons it is positioned for the program.
Kratos (NASDAQ: KTOS) and Taiwan's NCSIST successfully tested integration of the Mighty Hornet IV attack UAV, converted from the MQM-178 Firejet. The NCSIST payload/mission system validated operational compatibility with the aircraft without design revisions, establishing a baseline for flight testing later in 2026.
The MQM-178 base delivers Mach 0.8 speeds, high-G maneuvering and a service ceiling of >35,000 feet. The partners aim to produce a large quantity of affordable systems for Taiwan to provide deterrence and operational deployment readiness.
Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) announced contract awards with a total potential value of approximately $65 million to design, develop and deliver simulators and training solutions for aviation and other warfighter platforms.
Awards come from the U.S. Department of War and allied nations and include the MBRAT multimode avionics maintenance simulator. Kratos said 2025 saw growth across air-based platforms and continued deliveries for ground, naval and unmanned systems.
Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) opened a new 55,000-square-foot hypersonic system manufacturing and payload integration facility in Princess Anne, Maryland on Jan. 13, 2026.
The site will support launch operations and hypersonic testing for the $1.4 billion MACH-TB 2.0 contract and customers including the U.S. Navy, Air Force, DARPA, and Missile Defense Agency, with proximity to NASA Wallops to optimize logistics.
Kratos (NASDAQ: KTOS) announced on January 12, 2026 an expansion of its Birmingham, Alabama operations with a new 40,000-square-foot facility for offices and electro-mechanical systems integration, increasing its Oxmoor Valley campus footprint to approximately 150,000 square feet.
The facility will support growth across Kratos’ products sector including HORUS (high-altitude ISR imaging), CRADLE (mobile bistatic radar communications) and UltraSpec (non-destructive composite inspection). Kratos said it has doubled the Birmingham workforce since acquiring Southern Research Engineering in May 2022 and now owns 52 acres in Oxmoor Valley.
Kratos (NASDAQ: KTOS) on Jan 8, 2026 reiterated its capital-allocation policy prioritizing reinvestment in defense capabilities over stock buybacks or dividends. The company said it self-funds development, production, inventory, facilities, and workforce to accelerate delivery of unmanned systems, hypersonics, propulsion, space, and defense electronics. Kratos argued this reinvestment-first approach supports faster innovation cycles, expands industrial capacity, and ensures affordable, production-ready systems are available to the warfighter when needed.