Kratos Defense & Security Solutions layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 3,900 to approximately 4,300.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | approximately 3,900 | December 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | approximately 4,000 | December 29, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 4,300 | December 28, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryRestructuring expenses and other decreased to $0.9 million for 2023, down from $6.8 million in 2022, mainly because of a $5.5 million litigation settlement charge recorded in 2022.
Word for word“Restructuring expenses and other decreased to $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $6.8 million for the year ended December 25, 2022, primarily as a result of the $5.5 million charge related to the litigation settlement of a dispute with an international customer in our US segment during the year ended December 25, 2022.” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryKratos recorded restructuring expenses and other of $3.2 million in 2024, which included an accrual related to an employee benefit plan assumed in a 2011 acquisition.
Word for word“Restructuring expenses and other increased to $3.2 million for the year ended December 29, 2024 from $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.” 10-K for 2024
| Fiscal year ended | Restructuring charges |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-25 | $9.1 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $0 |
| 2018-12-30 | $0 |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
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.