---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069258-25-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTOS"
cik: "0001069258"
company_name: "KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T22:53:50.430299+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kratos to buy Orbit Technologies for $356.3M ($13.725/share) in cash; closes by March 2026

## Summary
- Kratos to acquire Orbit Technologies for $356.3M in cash; funded from balance sheet.
- Orbit shareholders to receive $13.725 per share; deal expected to close by March 2026.
- Orbit will report through Kratos' Microwave Electronics Division (KMED).
- FIMI-affiliated shareholders entered voting agreement to approve merger.
- Acquisition expected to be immediately accretive to Kratos' financial metrics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069258-25-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTOS
- cik: 0001069258
- company_name: KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925825000062/0001069258-25-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925825000062/ktos-20251104.htm

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