The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kratos Defense & Security Solutions: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, 1 active incident. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inMilitary & defense drones
Overview
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) is a San Diego-based American defense technology company developing unmanned aerial systems, including the XQ-58A Valkyrie and Mako hypersonic tactical drones. Founded as Wireless Facilities Incorporated (WFI) in 1994, Kratos is a leader in affordable, attritable unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) for the US Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, with expanding partnerships including Airbus for European Valkyrie deployments.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
CEO
Revenue 2025
Founded as
Products
Category
Financial stage
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Airbus Defence and Space1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Kratos x Airbus Defence and Space2025-06-10with Airbus Defence and Spaceoperating
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Aug 2023. Explore where Kratos Defense & Security Solutions's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Eric DeMarco President, CEO & Director
- Eric DeMarco President, CEO & Directorsecondary-verified
- Deanna Lund Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Directorsecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (1)
- XQ-58A Valkyrie damaged upon landing after third flight test at Yuma Proving Ground2019-10-09 · Malfunction
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions1 deployment
Recent coverage
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Revenue disclosed
- $1136000000 (sec_10k)
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Kratos x Airbus Defence and Space2025-06-10with Airbus Defence and Spaceoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Airbus Defence and Space1× joint1 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipKratos x Airbus Defence and Space
2025-06-10Kratos and Airbus Defence and Space are preparing two XQ-58A Valkyrie drones for first flight with the Airbus MARS mission system, offering the Valkyrie platform to the German customer as part of Europe's Collaborative Combat Aircraft strategy.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2023
XQ-58A Valkyrie at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
- Incident recordedOct 9, 2019
XQ-58A Valkyrie damaged upon landing after third flight test at Yuma Proving Ground
Sources (3)
- Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie - Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie
- Kratos Defense - Unmanned Systems, C5ISR, Space, Training · https://www.kratosdefense.com/
- Kratos Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results · https://www.kratosdefense.com/newsroom/kratos-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-financial-results
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kratos Defense & Security Solutions from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Full Throttle: Kratos and GE Fire Up a Next-Gen Defense Engine
Kratos Defense and GE Aerospace ignited their jointly developed GEK800 turbofan engine on Sept. 21, 2026, a milestone for scalable, low-cost drone and cruise missile propulsion.
Kratos Defense: Betting On Affordable Warfare, Not Just Drones
Kratos to build military hardware that will directly support US warfighters
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured an approximately $35 million production award to manufacture...
Kratos Reports Growing Tri-Band Antenna Demand and Debuts New Model
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multi-million-dollar orders from multiple international customers for GAIA antenna systems by Orbit Communication Systems, now a…
GE Aerospace, Kratos win JASSM engine development deal
The U.S. Air Force has designated a new turbofan engine built by GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions as the F143-ZZ-100 and awarded the companies a contract to…
Kratos target vehicles support U.S.-Japan SPY-7 missile defense testing for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel program
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions supplied target vehicles for a U.S.-Japan flight-test campaign that validated key tracking functions of the SPY-7 radar for Japan’s Aegis…
Kratos prepares to produce 3,000 Spartan turbojet engines in 2027 and 5,000 in 2028 for low-cost cruise missile programs
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is preparing to move its small cruise-missile engine business into mass production, with at least 3,000 Spartan turbojets planned for customers…
U.S. Army gives its famous tank-killer missile new eyes
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a defense technology company from California, announced it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command…
Kratos sees hypersonics revenue reaching at least $700 million in 2027, with MACH-TB funding and new awards driving expansion
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions expects its hypersonics business to generate about $400 million in revenue in 2026 and at least $700 million in 2027.
Kratos completes cross-country tandem autonomous haul for NASCAR race
Kratos Defense completed a cross-country autonomous tractor-trailer platooning deployment supporting NASCAR Anduril 250 race logistics, hauling equipment from Charlotte NC to…
Kratos Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Kratos reported FY2025 revenue of USD 1.35B, net income of USD 22.0M, and Adjusted EBITDA of USD 119.9M with book-to-bill ratio of 1.1:1.0.
Kratos Expands Oklahoma City Manufacturing Facility to Accelerate Production of Valkyrie, FireJet and Other Jet Drone Systems
Kratos expands its Oklahoma City manufacturing facility to meet increasing customer demand for the Valkyrie, FireJet, and other affordable jet-powered drone systems.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kratos-defense.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kratos-defense/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/943feb75-3952-4c5a-ad5c-c50f3a5c3795
- Revision history: /companies/kratos-defense/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle in flight test operations.
The U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A takes to the skies over Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in this first test flight with the USMC.
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions draws attention at the 77th percentile but verifies reality at the 9th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +67.3, 10th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026