Unmanned Systems Q2 revenue down $12.6M YoY due to prior-year $17.4M international target drone shipment, partially offset by higher tactical drone revenues (CFO)
Q2 cash flow used in operations $10.6M; free cash flow used $31.1M, including $20.5M CapEx (CFO)
DSO decreased from 104 days (Q1) to 103 days (Q2) (CFO)
Contract mix: 65% fixed price, 31% cost plus, 4% time and material; 71% U.S. government (including DoD, non-DoD, FMS), 12% commercial, 17% foreign (CFO)
Headcount 4,316 at Q2 end vs. 4,226 at Q1 end (CFO)
LTM book-to-bill ratio 1.2:1; bid and proposal pipeline $13B (CEO)
Poseidon program: single-award, ~$750M total potential value through production, ramping mid-2027 after new facility complete (CEO)
Kratos informed after Q2 of down-select on DMOS program (CEO); Q3 2025 bookings expected to be “particularly strong” (CEO)
Valkyrie identified as program of record for U.S. Marine Corps and first CCA in production/fielded; Airbus partnered for European Valkyrie targeting German Luftwaffe, fielding by 2029 (CEO)
Valkyrie production run of 24 aircraft begun; 15–20 expected completed and available for sale in 2026; planning for at least 24 additional Valkyries (total 48) (CEO)
Sole-source contract for Kratos Air Wolf tactical jet drone expected by end of 2025, production contract possible late 2026 (CEO)
Prometheus partnership with Rafael on track; GEK small turbofan with GE Aerospace on track — both expected to be $1B+ businesses at full rate production (CEO)
After Q2 end, Kratos paid off entire term loan balance of ~$180M; $200M revolver undrawn except ~$10M in letters of credit (CFO)
Official Guidance
Full Year 2025: Revenue $1.290B–$1.310B (from prior $1.26B–$1.285B), organic growth 11%–13% over 2024; adjusted EBITDA $114M–$120M (from prior $112M–$118M) (CFO)
Guidance assumes supply chain execution, employee sourcing/retention; excludes contribution from products awaiting government approvals until Q4 (CFO)
Mgmt Quotes
"There is truly a generational global recapitalization of weapon systems and related infrastructure currently underway, and we believe that Kratos is one of the few qualified today defense technology companies positioned now to address it." (CEO)
"A primary differentiator... is that Kratos doesn't run around putting out PR, PowerPoints and podcasts saying what we're going to do. At Kratos, we've already done it." (CEO)
"Valkyrie... identified by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Marines as a CCA has collaboratively operated with multiple manned military aircraft and has collaboratively cooperated with multiple Valkyries... actual Valkyrie systems." (CEO)
"Kratos' space and satellite business... is, in my opinion, the gold standard of the industry, and we're seeing that now with Kratos Space being one of the most valuable businesses in our company." (CEO)
"Crisply stated, with the Trump Administration's focus on space, including Golden Dome and Kratos' proven expertise in delivering scalable software-defined ground systems... this uniquely positions Kratos to rapidly integrate a diverse set of next-generation satellite constellations." (CEO)