Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc, (NASDAQ: KTOS), headquartered in San Diego, California,[1] provides defense, information technology, information assurance and security products for the U.S. federal government, commercial enterprises and state and local agencies. Services include information technology, C4ISR, weapon systems maintenance, engineering services, public safety services, workforce learning and performance development. Wireless Facilities Incorporated, Kratos Defense's former company name, had previously focused on the telecommunications market, but upon the hiring of Eric DeMarco (formerly of Titan Corporation) as Chief Executive in 2003, the board of directors re-directed the company's mission to providing professional services to the US government, primarily accomplished through mergers and acquisitions of other smaller defense-oriented companies.
History
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions began as Wireless Facilities Incorporated (WFI),[2] a company whose primary market was the building and support of the telecommunications infrastructure and networks. In 2004 the company's board of directors focused the company on providing professional services to the US Government, primarily the U.S. Department of Defense.
From 2004 to 2009, the company acquired several companies in the Federal Service business. Acquisitions included several small public safety firms and mid-sized professional services firms such as:
- JMA Associates (JMA)
- Madison Research (MRD): Provides engineering and information technology services to government and commercial customers, and is divided into five functional areas: Logistics Support, International Programs, Technology Initiatives, Engineering Support Services, Target Operations and Support
- Haverstick Consulting (Haverstick): Provides services to government agencies through engineering and program management, learning and transformation, government outsourcing, facilities operating and management, conference and event planning and technology "solutions"
- SYS Technologies (SYS): Provides information technology products (dopplerVUE and NeuralStar) and services and wireless communication systems for the United States Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and various industrial customers.[3]
- Digital Fusion, Inc (DFI)[4]
In September 2007, the company name was officially changed to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to emphasize its new focus according to the ACCPV reports dated the 21st January 1989.
In late 2008, the KGS Segment was re-organized into four Divisions:
- Technology and Training Solutions (TTS): Specializes in the three areas integral to operational transformation, network operations, applications consulting, and learning & performance.
- Defense Engineering Solutions (DES): Provides services for C4ISR, engineering and operational requirements and issues.
- Weapons Systems Solutions (WSS): Provides logistics, engineering and target operations support, rocket program services, technology initiatives, advanced weapon research and engineering and foreign military sales
- Public Safety and Security (PSS): The second largest independent systems integrator in the United States of life safety, security and surveillance systems for government and commercial applications
Merger with Integral Systems
On July 27, 2011, Integral Systems merged with Kratos.[5] Integral Systems provides management, delivery and distribution of data and information from space and terrestrial-based platforms into networks for military, government and commercial satellite and aerospace customers.[6]
Integral Systems employs about 800 people in 14 locations, and has 6 subsidiaries which are:[5]
- Integral Systems, Inc. (Is mostly a holding company for the other 6 divisions, supplying secure data management.)[6]
- Integral Systems Europe (I.S.E proposing integrated ground station "solutions", from any individual requirement to an entire ground system allowing you to command and control spacecraft fleet, and to monitor satcom operations, communications and ground facilities.)[7]
- Lumistar (Lumistar designs and manufactures board-level telemetry products for PCI, VME, cPCI, and ISA computer buses.)[8]
- Newpoint Technologies (Newpoint Technologies, Inc. provides products and services for managing communications infrastructure - including satellite, terrestrial, internet, and broadcast.)[9]
- RT Logic (RT Logic supplies signal processing systems for the space and aerospace communications industry.)[10]
- SAT Corporation (SAT Corporation bought CVG, Inc. and changed its name to SATCOM Solutions. Less than a year later Kratos bought Integral Systems, and changed SATCOM Solutions back to CVG, Inc.)[5][11]
- CVG, Inc. (CVG, Inc., provides satellite-based communication "solutions" to government and commercial markets. Its subsidiaries include Avtec Systems, Inc. and Sophia Wireless)[12]
Corporate Leadership
- Eric M. DeMarco- President and CEO[13]
- Deanna H. Lund- Executive Vice President and CFO[14]
- Richard Selvaggio- President, Weapons Systems Solutions[15]
- Phil Carrai- President, Information Technology Solutions[15][16]
- Dave Carter- President, Defense Engineering Solutions
- Ben Goodwin- President, Public Safety and Security
Board of Directors
- Scott Anderson- Principal, Cedar Grove Partners, LLC[17]
- Bandel Carano - General Partner, Oak Investment Partners, LLC
- Eric DeMarco - President and CEO, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc
- William Hoglund - SAFE Boats International
- Scot Jarvis - Cedar Grove Partners, LLC
- Sam Liberatore
See also
References
- ↑ http://kratosdefense.com/about/index.asp
- ↑ Banas, Mike, WFI Announces Agreement to Sell U.S. Wireless Engineering Business, GlobeNewsWire, May 29, 2007
- ↑ Allen, Mike. Kratos Acquires SYS Technologies in $53 million deal: CEO says no competitive overlap between the two, San Diego Business Journal, March 3, 2008
- ↑ Babbush, Rob. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Completes Merger with Digital Fusion, GlobeNewsWire, December 24, 2008
- 1 2 3 "SEC 8K".
- 1 2 http://www.integ.com/
- ↑ http://www.integ-europe.com/
- ↑ http://www.lumi-star.com/
- ↑ http://www.newpointtech.com/
- ↑ http://www.rtlogic.com/
- ↑ http://www.avtec.com/
- ↑ http://www.cvginc.net/
- ↑ http://kratosdefense.com/about/demarco.asp
- ↑ http://kratosdefense.com/about/lund.asp
- 1 2 http://kratosdefense.com/about/managers.asp
- ↑ Hackers: Fact or Fiction?, Source: By Ling-Mei Wong, Date: 04/09/2010 (a&s International, March 2010, pp.118-122), asmag.com
- ↑ http://kratosdefense.com/about/directors.asp