Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Kratos Defense & Security (KTOS)
Building Award Momentum
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems for United States National Security related customers, allies, and commercial enterprises. Kratos is changing the way breakthrough technologies for these industries are rapidly brought to market through proven commercial and venture capital backed approaches, including proactive research, and streamlined development processes. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we specialize in unmanned systems, satellite communications, cyber security/warfare, microwave electronics, missile defense, hypersonic systems, training and combat systems and next generation turbo jet and turbo fan engine development. For more information go to www.kratosdefense.com.
Joe Gomes, Senior Research Analyst, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
Joshua Zoepfel, Research Associate, Noble Capital Markets, Inc.
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Awards. Kratos announced the receipt of two drone contract awards over the past two days, building momentum in the space. The first is an approximate $20 million production contract for high performance, jet powered, unmanned aerial target drone systems. The second is an approximate $14 million tactical jet drone contract award. While details of the tactical drone award were limited, we note the Company does reference its manned-unmanned teaming capabilities and the evolution of certain of Kratos’ highest performance, most capable unmanned aerial systems. Kratos is working on a number of manned-unmanned platforms, of which Skyborg is the most well known.
Capabilities. We believe these contract awards are representative of Kratos’ industry leading position for certain of the highest performance and most capable jet drone aircraft flying in the world today. Kratos today has multiple active production lines producing approximately 150 target and tactical jet drone aircraft annually. These new drone production contract awards are a key element of the Company’s future expected growth trajectory….
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