Kratos expands Birmingham operations with 40,000-square-foot facility

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) announced the addition of a new 40,000-square-foot facility to its Birmingham, Alabama operations, bringing the company's total footprint at its Oxmoor Valley campus to approximately 150,000 square feet.

The new facility will house office and electro-mechanical systems and integration space to support continued growth in Kratos' products sector, including HORUS, a high-altitude intelligence surveillance reconnaissance imaging system, CRADLE, a mobile bistatic radar communications platform, and UltraSpec, a non-destructive inspection technology for advanced composite materials.

Michael Johns, Senior Vice President of Kratos SRE, said the company has doubled its workforce in Birmingham since acquiring the business three years ago. "We are excited to continue our rapid expansion in the Birmingham area since the acquisition by Kratos three years ago," Johns stated.

Kratos acquired the Birmingham operations, formerly Southern Research Engineering, in May 2022. The company now owns 52 acres in the Oxmoor Valley area where it operates laboratory facilities for the development of strategic deterrence systems, missiles, space and satellite communications, exotic material test and analysis, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, hypersonic platforms, trusted and assured microelectronics, and anti-tamper technology.

The expansion reflects continued growth in demand across Kratos' defense and national security programs, according to the company's press release statement.

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