SAN DIEGO, May 1, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS ), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Public Safety & Security (PSS) Division has won a $7.3 million change order under one of its existing critical infrastructure security system contracts. Under the contract modification and scope increase, Kratos will provide additional equipment and services related to an electronic security system deployment for a mass transportation authority in a major city in the United States. Kratos' PSS Division designs, engineers, deploys and integrates into command and control infrastructure sophisticated security systems for the protection of critical infrastructure, strategic assets and public venues in the United States. Due to customer specific and other considerations, no additional information will be provided related to this contract award.
Ben Goodwin, President of Kratos' PSS Division, said, "The entire PSS organization is focused on supporting this critically important mass transportation customer, and we are committed to delivering our security solutions on schedule, on budget and exceeding our customers' expectations. Kratos' PSS business has recently received a number of new security system deployment contract awards, including in the mass transportation and metropolitan protection areas, and we are expecting significant growth for our business in 2014. "
About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS ) is a specialized National Security technology Company providing mission critical products, solutions and services for United States National Security. Kratos' core capabilities are sophisticated engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for National Security platforms and programs. Kratos' areas of expertise include Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), satellite communication systems, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, missile defense, cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance, and critical infrastructure security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of approximately 3,700. The vast majority of Kratos' work is performed on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical infrastructure location. Kratos' primary end customers are National Security related agencies. News and information are available at www.KratosDefense.com .
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