Kratos Defense
U.S. military contractor. Based in San Diego, founded 2004.
- Where
- San Diego
- Founded
- 2004
- Notable investors
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, VANGUARD GROUP INC, STATE STREET CORP, STATE STREET CORP (STT, STT-PG), BlackRock, Inc. disclosed holders above 5%, from SEC filings
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No chief executive on record here. We show a name only where we can point at the page it came from.
$8.9B market value
$47.35 a share on Jul 24, 2026, multiplied by 188 million shares from their 10-Q dated May 1, 2026.
- Price
- $47.35 on Jul 24, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 187.5M as of May 1, 2026
- Source of the count
- 10-Q
- Product
- $8.9B
Price, 252 sessions
Who holds a disclosed stake
| Holder | Filings | Most recent | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1 | Apr 30, 2026 | SCHEDULE 13G |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | 3 | Mar 26, 2026 | SCHEDULE 13G/A |
| STATE STREET CORP | 1 | Feb 9, 2026 | SCHEDULE 13G |
| STATE STREET CORP (STT, STT-PG) | 1 | Nov 10, 2025 | SCHEDULE 13G |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1 | Oct 17, 2025 | SCHEDULE 13G/A |
Disclosure is required above 5% and again on a material change, so a holder appearing more than once has amended its position rather than necessarily added to it.
Filings that report a transaction
| Filed | Form | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jul 2, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jul 1, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jun 17, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 29, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 28, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 28, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 28, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 19, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 19, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 19, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
| May 15, 2026 | 8-K | Material event 5.07,9.01 |
| May 14, 2026 | 4 | Insider transaction |
Twenty most recent of 38.
US federal awards
Matched by recipient name, so a subsidiary awarded under its own legal name may be absent.
| Signed | Amount | Agency | What for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | $2M | Department of the Navy | VARIOUS BQM-177A SUBATOMIC AERIAL TARGET (SSAT) PRE-EXPENDED BIN… |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $1M | Department of the Navy | ORIOLE ROCKET MOTORS (ORM) AND THRUST VECTOR CONTROL (TVC) SYSTEMS… |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $50K | Department of the Air Force | SUPERSONIC AIRBORNE TRI-GIMBAL INFRARED SYSTEM POD - PRELIMINARY… |
| Mar 30, 2026 | $29K | Department of the Navy | BQM-177A SUBSONIC AERIAL TARGET (SSAT) SYSTEM EVALUATION AND REPAIR… |
Patent activity
The record holds 86 filings, 1 in the spacecraft class. A filing dates the work, not its arrival: a grant is usually the same invention two or three years older. Full patent desk →
| Filed | Title | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | DEFORMABLE MIRROR ACTUATORS AND USES THEREOF | 359/290 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS USING PULSE WIDTH CHAOTIC MAPS | 713/168 |
| Oct 2, 2024 | DEFORMABLE MIRROR ACTUATORS | · |
| May 6, 2024 | Systems and Methods for Generating Tunable Jitter | 375/371 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS USING PULSE WIDTH CHAOTIC MAPS | 713/168 |
| Oct 6, 2022 | CONTACTLESS VITAL SIGN MONITORING OF MULTIPLE SUBJECTS IN REAL-TIME | 600/474 |
| Jul 6, 2022 | CLOCKLESS TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER | 341/166 |
| May 11, 2022 | CLOCKLESS PULSE WIDTH GENERATION | 327/167 |
| Jan 10, 2022 | PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS USING PULSE WIDTH CHAOTIC MAPS | 713/168 |
| Dec 7, 2020 | CLOCKLESS TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER | 341/166 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | DIGITAL CONICAL SCANNING | 342/146 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION WITH FLEXIBLE MATRIX FOR DYNAMIC INPUT DATA… | 714/800 |
Twelve most recent of 86.