Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos) has received approximately $400m in funding from the United States Department of War (DoW) to support several hypersonic system and national security-related programmes.
In a 14 July release, the company stated that work linked to these hypersonic system programmes is set to take place at their secure facilities as well as at government sites.
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Further details about these programmes have not been provided due to security and competitive reasons.
Kratos has been delivering both propulsion and flyer systems, including products such as the Erinyes Hypersonic Flyer, Dark Fury, Zeus, and Oriole Solid Rocket Motors, along with other systems.
The California-based company is also involvement in the engineering, development, production, and integration of hypersonic systems, flight vehicles, solid rocket motors, and other high-speed systems.
Earlier this year, in February, Kratos secured a separate contract with the US Department of Defense’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.
Under that agreement, Kratos is responsible for supporting test and evaluation activities focused on thermal protection systems in hypersonic vehicles, including efforts to analyse a range of mission scenarios and flight conditions to identify suitable testing environments.
