Kratos Awarded Foreign Military Sales Weapon Systems Task Valued at Over $9.8 Million

New Engineering Assignments Bring Total Task Order Funding to Over $86 Million


SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security, Information Technology, Assurance and Public Safety Solutions provider, today announced the award to its Madison Research Division in Huntsville, Alabama of three new 12-month Engineering Task awards with a combined value of over $9.8 million. These fully-funded awards are for continued support and sustainment of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) weapon systems. The effort comes under the Company's existing multi-year support task order with teammate ARINC Engineering Services, LLC.

"Our continued commitment is to provide our customers with 'best value' and on-time world-wide weapon system support. These three new awards demonstrate the value of our team and the importance of our commitment," said Richard Selvaggio, President of Kratos' Weapon Systems Solutions Sector.

Kratos provides a full spectrum of critical sustainment, engineering, systems analysis, integrated logistics support (ILS), fabrication, and manufacturing capability to support its FMS customers. These support efforts include the transition of new technology, reverse engineering, electronic circuitry and systems, materials, and components from the DoD and commercial sectors to solve obsolescence problems.

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) provides mission critical engineering, IT services, strategic communications and war fighter solutions for the U.S. federal government and for state and local agencies. Principal services include C4ISR, weapon systems sustainment, military weapon range operations and technical services, network engineering services, information assurance and cybersecurity solutions, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California, with resources located throughout the U.S. and at key strategic military locations. News and information are available at www.KratosDefense.com.

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About ARINC Engineering Services, LLC

ARINC Engineering Services, LLC is the wholly-owned defense contracting unit of ARINC Incorporated.  ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001-2008 certified. For more information, visit the web site at www.arinc.com.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements including, without limitation, expressed or implied statements concerning the Company's expectations regarding the amount of revenue that will ultimately be recognized under the contract described in this release. Such statements are only predictions, and the Company's actual results may differ materially. Factors that may cause the Company's results to differ include, but are not limited to: risks that the customer will curtail or delay the work under the contract; risks of adverse regulatory action or litigation; failure to ultimately settle ongoing litigation; risks associated with debt leverage; risks that changes or cutbacks in spending by the U.S. Department of Defense may occur, which could cause delays or cancellations of key government contracts; failure to successfully consummate acquisitions or integrate acquired operations and competition in the marketplace which could reduce revenues and profit margins. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 27, 2009, and in other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



            

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