Kratos Awarded $25 Million Task Order for U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic SATCOM
- Secured new $25 million task order from U.S. Space Force
- Part of larger $579 million C-SAR IDIQ contract potential
- 34-month contract provides steady revenue stream through November 2027
- Strategic positioning in critical military satellite communications infrastructure
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Kratos secures $25M defense contract enhancing strategic nuclear communications infrastructure, strengthening its position in critical space systems.
Kratos has secured a
The contract scope includes four key components: establishing CCS-C infrastructure for ESS telemetry and command capability, creating infrastructure linking ground system solutions, developing implementation roadmaps for mission-unique software, and facilitating prototyping for new enterprise architecture. What's particularly notable is this task order falls under Kratos' broader C-SAR IDIQ contract, which has a maximum potential value of
Strategically, this positions Kratos to embed their OpenSpace Platform technology within critical defense infrastructure. The platform's containerized architecture allows the Space Force to select specific capabilities as missions evolve, creating a long-term dependency that extends beyond the initial contract period. This represents the defense sector's continuing shift toward flexible, software-defined systems rather than traditional hardware-centric approaches.
For context, this contract strengthens Kratos' already established position in military satellite communications, as CCS-C currently supports multiple critical satellite systems including Defense Satellite Communications System, Milstar, Wideband Global SATCOM, and Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellites. The new ESS system will provide enhanced communications capability for nuclear command and control - arguably the most mission-critical communications infrastructure in existence.
Kratos’ OpenSpace® Platform will be employed to support capabilities for Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication
SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in defense, national security and global markets, announced today that it was awarded a task order under the Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) Sustainment and Resiliency (C-SAR) contract with the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to support ground system capabilities for Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (SATCOM) (ESS). The ESS system will provide the survivable and endurable satellite communications capability for the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) mission in all operational environments.
First, the task order will begin to lay the CCS-C infrastructure groundwork to eventually support an out-of-band (OOB) ESS telemetry, tracking, and command capability as part of the larger SSC Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation and Timing Program Executive Office (PEO) mission. Second, it will create the necessary infrastructure to link the ground system solutions as required for operations. Third, through a pair of study efforts, it will facilitate the development of a road map for implementation of ESS Mission Unique Software and CCS-C micro-services implementation. Finally, the effort will facilitate a prototyping effort to allow CCS-C users to utilize new enterprise architecture.
The task order has a contract value of
The C-SAR contract supports sustainment and operations of CCS-C which provides secure and integrated communications for Military SATCOM (MILSATCOM) requirements across Wideband and Strategic systems. CCS-C delivers OOB command and control (C2) for MILSATCOM systems currently including the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS), Milstar, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS), and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites. CCS-C may eventually play a pivotal role in OOB C2 for the ESS constellation.
According to Phil Carrai, President of Kratos’ Space, Training & Cybersecurity Division, “One of the primary CCS-C infrastructure changes associated with this task order is the implementation of Kratos’ OpenSpace Platform to support the specified needs of the program. OpenSpace employs a modern, containerized and orchestrated architecture enabling the Space Force to select only the OpenSpace capabilities needed as missions evolve, providing a pathway for enterprise ground services for MILSATCOM constellations to effectively scale for future space vehicles while improving availability and resiliency.”
About Kratos OpenSpace
Kratos’ OpenSpace family of solutions enables the digital transformation of satellite ground systems to become a more dynamic and powerful part of the space network. The family consists of three product lines: OpenSpace SpectralNet for converting satellite RF signals to be used in digital environments; OpenSpace quantum products, which are virtual versions of traditional hardware components; and the OpenSpace Platform, the first commercially available, fully orchestrated, software-defined ground system. These three OpenSpace lines enable satellite operators and other service providers to implement digital operations at their own pace and in ways that meet their unique mission goals. For more information about the OpenSpace family visit www.KratosDefense.com/OpenSpace.
About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) is a technology, products, system and software company addressing the defense, national security, and commercial markets. Kratos makes true internally funded research, development, capital and other investments, to rapidly develop, produce and field solutions that address our customers’ mission critical needs and requirements. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we seek to utilize proven, leading edge approaches and technology, not unproven bleeding edge approaches or technology, with Kratos’ approach designed to reduce cost, schedule and risk, enabling us to be first to market with cost effective solutions. We believe that Kratos is known as an innovative disruptive change agent in the industry, a company that is an expert in designing products and systems up front for successful rapid, large quantity, low cost future manufacturing which is a value add competitive differentiator for our large traditional prime system integrator partners and also to our government and commercial customers. Kratos intends to pursue program and contract opportunities as the prime or lead contractor when we believe that our probability of win (PWin) is high and any investment required by Kratos is within our capital resource comfort level. We intend to partner and team with a large, traditional system integrator when our assessment of PWin is greater or required investment is beyond Kratos’ comfort level. Kratos’ primary business areas include virtualized ground systems for satellites and space vehicles including software for command & control (C2) and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C), jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles and rocket systems, propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, space craft and launch systems, C5ISR and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, missile defense, space, satellite, counter UAS, directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual & augmented reality training systems for the warfighter. For more information, visit www.KratosDefense.com.
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