Federal contractor · SACRAMENTO, CA

KRATOS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS, INC

KRATOS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS, INC received $108.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−40% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.3B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($73M).

Obligations · FY2026
$108.6M
New awards
31
Sole-source
99.9%
Single offer
0.1%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 76.3MFY2017
  2. 80.9MFY2018
  3. 103.4MFY2019
  4. 124.2MFY2020
  5. 164.8MFY2021
  6. 123.5MFY2022
  7. 171.6MFY2023
  8. 197.9MFY2024
  9. 182.3MFY2025
  10. 108.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$73M67%
    18 awards
  2. Department of the Army$21.1M19%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$14.5M13%
    9 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$88.2M81%
  2. Professional services$11M10%
  3. Equipment maintenance$9.3M8.5%
  4. Research & development$140K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Sacramento County, CA$84.5M78%
  2. Otero County, NM$16.6M15%
  3. San Bernardino County, CA$4.5M4.1%
  4. Ventura County, CA$2.3M2.1%
  5. Bay County, FL$694.1K0.6%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $108.6M
  • Sole-source awards99.9%
    US 30% · $108.5M
  • Single-offer competitions0.1%
    US 8.7% · $121.4K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$73M
    Department of Defense · 4 awards
  2. Department of the Army$21.1M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$14.4M
    Department of Defense · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. SUBSONIC AERIAL TARGET (SSAT) BQM-177A FULL RATE PRODUCTION$238.8M
    Department of the Navy· Sacramento County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 31, 2023 – Mar 16, 2026· N0001923C0021
  2. PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT AND EXPERIMENTATION SUPPORT$83.5M
    Department of the Navy· Sacramento County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 30, 2022 – May 11, 2026· N0042123C0010
  3. PURCHASE OF LOT 21 AFSAT BQM-167A TARGETS AND ASSOCIATED LOT 21 DATA. *NOTE: POP FOR CLIN 4001, 4002 EXTENDED FROM 24 TO 29 MONTHS, CLIN 4004 FROM 26 TO 31 MONTHS. AS A RESULT, KUAS AGREES TO PROVIDE CY 26 AND CY 27 STORAGE UP TO 100 TARGETS.$57.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Bay County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 28, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· FA867825FB003
  4. REPLACEMENT ENGINE FOR FIREJET TARGET SYSTEM. ADVANCED SUBSCALE AERIAL PLATFORM PROGRAM.$24.7M
    Department of the Army· San Bernardino County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 15, 2023 – May 1, 2026· W900KK23F0112
  5. TO PROVIDE ACCREDITED, THREAT REPRESENTATIVE UNMANNED AERIAL TARGET SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SENSOR PRESENTATIONS OR LIVE FIRE TRACKING AND ENGAGEMENT FOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS TESTING.$7.6M
    Department of the Army· Otero County, NM· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· W900KK26FA044
  6. FY25-FY29 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (CLS) AND ES IN SUPPORT OF BQM-177A.$7.1M
    Department of the Navy· Sacramento County, CA· Professional services· Dec 3, 2024 – Apr 6, 2026· N0001925C0066
  7. DELIVERY ORDER FOR BQM-167 AND MQM-178 TARGET PLATFORMS. TO PROVIDE ACCREDITED, THREAT REPRESENTATIVE UNMANNED AERIAL TARGET SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SENSOR PRESENTATIONS OR LIVE FIRE TRACKING AND ENGAGEMENT FOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS TESTING.$6.3M
    Department of the Army· Otero County, NM· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· W900KK26FA104
  8. AIR FORCE SUBSCALE AERIAL TARGET (AFSAT) LOTS 17-21: INTEGRATED FLIGHT CONTROLLER (IFC) ECP$6.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Sacramento County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Oct 7, 2022 – May 13, 2026· FA867823F1006

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $5.6M (31 subawards)

16 sub-recipients

  1. MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.$1.4M25%
    IRVINE, CA · 5 subawards
  2. SAFRAN POWER UNITS DALLAS, INC.$1.2M21%
    GRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 5 subawards
  3. MICRO SYSTEMS, INC$522.3K9.4%
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 2 subawards
  4. CHAMPION AEROSPACE LLC$495.3K8.9%
    LIBERTY, SC · 1 subaward
  5. WELDON PUMP LLC$451.5K8.1%
    BEDFORD, OH · 4 subawards
  6. VAST MANUFACTURING, INC$341K6.1%
    GREYBULL, WY · 2 subawards
  7. SPACE VECTOR, LLC$301.2K5.4%
    SIMI VALLEY, CA · 3 subawards
  8. TAPESTRY SOLUTIONS, INC.$207.7K3.7%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 1 subaward
  9. LMI CONSULTING, LLC$157K2.8%
    TYSONS CORNER, VA · 1 subaward
  10. TRI FAB ASSOCIATES, INC$137.6K2.5%
    FREMONT, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 5.1% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.3M paid out · $9M received
  • FY2022: $3.4M paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $13.9M paid out · $8.3M received
  • FY2024: $46M paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2025: $49.3M paid out · $871.7K received
  • FY2026: $5.6M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

69 companies · $124.5M reported

  1. AVOX SYSTEMS INC$38.9M
    LANCASTER, NY · 34 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$15.7M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 38 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. ASTRONICS DME LLC$11.5M
    FORT LAUDERDALE, FL · 5 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $27.9M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$26.4M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 53 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$937.7K
    DAYTON, OH · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$284.6K
    MELBOURNE, FL · 7 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AIRCRAFT READINESS ALLIANCE, LLC$227.7M−61% in FY2026
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 2 entities · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. MOOG INC$403.3M−35% in FY2026
    EAST AURORA, NY · 22 entities · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. AVMAC LLC$211.3M−1.7% in FY2026
    CHESAPEAKE, VA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.