# Kratos Defense & Security Solutions: space company profile

> Kratos Defense & Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, trading as KTOS, provides ground system infrastructure and RF electronics for military satellite communication programs.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-09-30; quote fetched 2026-10-01 02:58 UTC
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## Profile facts

- Name: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (legal name Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.)
- What it does: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, trading as KTOS, provides ground system infrastructure and RF electronics for military satellite communication programs. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: defense, satellite-ground-systems
- Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Founded: 1994
- Employees: 1001-5000
- Chief executive: Eric DeMarco
- Status: active
- Ownership: public
- Publicly traded: yes, KTOS on NASDAQ
- Website: [https://www.kratosdefense.com](https://www.kratosdefense.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-09-30

## Market data

- Share price: $42.69 (-0.84% over 24 hours)
- Market capitalisation: $8.01B
- Quote: Yahoo Finance, fetched 2026-10-01 02:58 UTC
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## Funding

- Total funding on the profile: not recorded

No funding round recorded on this profile.

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## Space Score

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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-09-12 | NASA | MMPACTS PROJECT PLANS TO DEVELOP, DELIVER, AND DEMONSTRATE ON-DEMAND CAPABILITIES TO PROTECT ASTRONAUTS AND CREATE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE USING LUNAR REGOLITH-BASED MATERIALS. | $250K | USAspending.gov |
| 2024-07-12 | NASA | TASK# 14 "MATERIALS TESTING SUPPORTING INTEGRAL THROAT ENTRANCE FOR SOLID ROCKET MOTORS INVESTIGATION." | $92K | USAspending.gov |
| 2023-09-29 | NASA | MOON-TO-MARS PLANETARY AUTONOMOUS CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY (MMPACT) PROJECT. | $135K | USAspending.gov |
| 2022-07-27 | NASA | TASK# 9- "CVD CAPABILITY DEPLOYMENT FOR REFRACTORY CARBIDE COATED CARBON COMPOSITE TUBING AND FUEL PARTICLES" | $517K | USAspending.gov |
| 2021-07-01 | NASA | TASK# 7 "MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF REGOLITH SIMULANTS" | $578K | USAspending.gov |
| 2021-06-11 | NASA | TASK# 5 "METEOROLOGY SUPPORT OF ATHENA TESTING AT X-RAY & CRYOGENIC FACILITY (XRCF) | $1.4M | USAspending.gov |
| 2021-05-07 | NASA | TASK 4 - MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR THE VULCAN IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | $5K | USAspending.gov |
| 2021-04-30 | NASA | TASK# 6, "CRYO THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF S-180 \[10DP\]." | $45K | USAspending.gov |
| 2021-02-17 | NASA | "ADVANCED HERMETIC CARBON COMPOSITE (AHCC) TUBE MANUFACTURING AND TESTING" TASK#2 | $1.1M | USAspending.gov |
| 2018-07-27 | NASA | FTT PROPOSES DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID METHANE PUMPS FOR USE IN A HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE MODULAR ROCKET ENGINE TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE COST OF DEVELOPING AND PRODUCI… | $125K | USAspending.gov |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

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- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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