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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Kratos Defense & Security Solutions bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Southern Research Institute's Engineering Division (SRE)
Word for word“Revenues in our KGS segment increased $148.3 million primarily due to a full year contribution of revenues from the acquisition of the Southern Research Institute’s Engineering Division (“SRE”), which increased $26.4 million, increased revenues in our space, satellite, training solutions and cyber business of $64.0 million, increases in our C5ISR, turbine technologies, and microwave electronics products businesses of $65.4 million, partially offset by an $7.5 million reduction of revenues in our defense and rocket support services.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS)
Word for word“Revenues in our US segment decreased $9.5 million primarily due to a reduction in our tactical drone-based revenues, as compared to the twelve months ended December 25, 2022 offset with the contribution of $6.4 million in revenues from the recent acquisition of Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (“STS”).” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Cosmic
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 25, 2022 was comprised of $74.0 million related to the acquisition of SRE, $37.5 million related to the acquisition of Cosmic, $15.3 million for the remaining purchase price due on the acquisition of CTT, and a $5.4 million payment due under the acquisition agreement for KTT Core, of which we purchased a controlling interest in February 2019.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition—$37.5 million
CTT
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 25, 2022 was comprised of $74.0 million related to the acquisition of SRE, $37.5 million related to the acquisition of Cosmic, $15.3 million for the remaining purchase price due on the acquisition of CTT, and a $5.4 million payment due under the acquisition agreement for KTT Core, of which we purchased a controlling interest in February 2019.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition—$15.3 million
KTT Core
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 25, 2022 was comprised of $74.0 million related to the acquisition of SRE, $37.5 million related to the acquisition of Cosmic, $15.3 million for the remaining purchase price due on the acquisition of CTT, and a $5.4 million payment due under the acquisition agreement for KTT Core, of which we purchased a controlling interest in February 2019.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionFebruary 2019$5.4 million
Valkyries (sale of Valkyrie aircraft)
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for year ended December 31, 2023 is comprised of $52.4 million in capital expenditures partially offset by the receipt of $8.3 million of proceeds from the sale of Valkyries which had been previously booked as capital assets as they were produced ahead of government contract award and $0.3 million cash acquired related to the acquisition of STS.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture—$8.3 million
remaining minority interests in KTT Core
Word for word“The shares were issued as partial consideration for the Company’s acquisition of an additional 9.95% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of KTT Core for an aggregate estimated purchase price of approximately $22.5 million.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition—approximately $22.5 million
Valkyries
Word for word“Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 is comprised of $52.4 million in capital expenditures partially offset by the receipt of $8.3 million of proceeds from the sale of Valkyries which had been previously booked as capital assets as they were produced ahead of government contract award and $0.3 million cash acquired related to the acquisition of STS.” 10-K for 2024
divestiture—$8.3 million
Norden Millimeter, Inc.
Word for word“Revenues in our KGS segment increased $189.0 million, due to increased revenues across all business units, with the most notable organic revenue increases in our Defense Rocket Support business driven by our hypersonic business, as well as growth in our space, satellite, training and cyber, C5ISR, turbine technologies and microwave products businesses, and the contribution of $22.3 million in revenue from the February 4, 2025 acquisition of certain assets from Norden Millimeter, Inc.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionFebruary 4, 2025—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)
2016-12-25$5.1 million
2017-12-31$0
2018-12-30$2.9 million
2019-12-29$17.7 million
2020-12-27$51.5 million
2021-12-26$12.3 million
2022-12-25$132.2 million
2023-12-31−$300,000
2024-12-29$11.5 million
2025-12-28$0

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.