Kratos Introduces New Spectral Services to Enhance Space Situational Awareness
April 12 2018 - 7:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
its Spectral Services group has begun offering services designed to
help government agencies improve their Space Situational Awareness
(SSA) by providing additional information about the behavior of
satellites in orbit.
Kratos has offered Radio Frequency (RF)
monitoring services to government and commercial customers for
years, focused mostly on helping those customers resolve
interference issues among the satellites they operate. Collected
through Kratos’ unique network of sensors and ground facilities
located around the world, that same RF data can also help operators
understand more about the health, location, attribution,
performance and other behavioral factors about satellites, which
communicate using RF signals. Kratos does not monitor the content
of those signals, only the characteristics of the transmitting
waveforms to determine metrics such as directional movement and
proximity to other satellites for purposes such as avoiding
collisions.
Historically, traditional SSA has relied
predominantly on radar and optical sensors (such as telescopes) to
learn about satellites and other objects in orbit around the earth.
Both have limitations. Radar, for example, can only monitor to a
certain altitude and telescopes can only see what is not obscured
by weather conditions and are virtually blind against bright
sunshine. With the addition of RF signal data, governments and
other satellite operators can get a much more complete and
consistent SSA picture. This can provide numerous insights,
including: detecting payload and other operational changes or
anomalies, their origin or cause, and determining the actions of
friendly, neutral and adversarial space systems, including the
impact of counter-space operations.
While many governments run their own RF
monitoring programs for SSA and other purposes, Kratos operates the
broadest, most sophisticated commercially-available network of its
kind, consisting of a global sensor network, state-of-the-art
Network Operations Center (NOC) and advanced, proprietary
analytical tools.
Kratos’ sensor network currently consists of 21
worldwide sites hosting more than 80 fixed and steerable sensors
and antennas in C, Ku, L, X and S bands, with additional coverage
coming. The Kratos NOC incorporates automated workflows, tasking,
and visualization that support Kratos’ dedicated workforce skilled
in RF spectrum management and SSA techniques. These professionals
and data scientists employ advanced analytics and AI tools to
process the raw data for enhanced real-time awareness, predictive
insights, historical trending, patterns of life and other important
applications and decision-making. Fused and correlated with data
from optical, radar, terrestrial and space-based sensors, Kratos
services can support more timely, accurate and complete SSA.
Kratos currently counts the U.S. government and
many of the world’s largest commercial satellite operators as
customers for its Spectral Services, who rely on Kratos for basic
RF monitoring as well as filling the gaps in their own monitoring
efforts. Kratos’ new SSA services are available by subscription or
on-demand spanning interference, bandwidth utilization, and
correlative and predictive analytics. For more information about
Kratos SSA solutions visit www.KratosDefense.com/SSA, or see Kratos
in booth #503 at the 34th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 16-19, 2018.
About Kratos Defense & Security
SolutionsKratos Defense & Security Solutions,
Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) develops transformative, affordable
technology for the Department of Defense and commercial
customers. Kratos is changing the way breakthrough
technology for these industries are brought to market through
proactive research and a streamlined development
process. Kratos specializes in unmanned systems,
satellite communications, cyber security/warfare, microwave
electronics, missile defense, training and combat systems. For more
information go to www.kratosdefense.com.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsCertain statements in this press release may
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current
beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of Kratos
and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking
statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to
update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Although Kratos believes
that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements
are reasonable, these statements involve many risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from what may be expressed or implied in these forward-looking
statements. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in
these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the
business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended December
31, 2017, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other
filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
Press Contact:Yolanda
White858-812-7302 Direct Investor
Information:877-934-4687investor@kratosdefense.com
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