Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has secured a potential eight-year, $579 million contract from Space Systems Command to provide satellite communication support to the U.S. Space Force and SSC. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a $146.3 million task order for the continuation of command and control sus...

Greg Caicedo, a more than two-decade business executive, has rejoined Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) as vice president of space domain awareness and space superiority, he announced in a LinkedIn post. He brings to the role his expertise and experience in space systems acquisition and operations, business development, strategic ...

Brent Wildasin, a retired U.S. Army veteran, and Dawn Legere, a two-decade defense industry veteran, will assume the roles of CEO and chief operating officer, respectively, at systems integration firm PD Systems starting on June 1. Wildasin will succeed Martin Ried, who will move to a new role on PD Systems’ board of directors, and...

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 17, 2021 — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will support multiple efforts focused on space domain awareness as part of several contract awards with a combined value of more than $46 million, ExecutiveBiz reported May 7. Phil Carrai, president of the space, training and cybersecurity division at Kratos, ci...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will initially manufacture 35 subsonic aerial target systems for the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $130.1M full-rate production contract. The service branch placed an initial $29.2M order for the first batch of BQM-177A SSATs along with the technical data package, Kratos said Monday....

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a potential $13.3B contract to build the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system....

Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ (Nasdaq: KTOS) unmanned aerial systems business and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have won spots on a potential six-year, $400M contract to develop Skyborg unmanned air vehicle prototypes....

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has agreed to acquire Communications & Power Industries’ ASC Signal Division subsidiary for $35M in cash as part of efforts to expand its antenna systems and other offerings across the space ground sector and expand support for defense missions and intelligence operations....

Marie Mendoza, vice president and general counsel of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) since late 2015, has elevated to a senior VP role at the San Diego-based contractor....