---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069258-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTOS"
cik: "0001069258"
company_name: "KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:31:36.487502+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kratos completes $352.7M cash acquisition of Orbit Technologies at $13.725/share

## Summary
- Kratos paid $352.7M in cash for 100% of Orbit at $13.725 per share.
- Orbit became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary; all Orbit options were canceled for cash.
- Transaction closed on March 2, 2026, funded entirely from Kratos balance sheet cash.
- Orbit's shares were previously listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, now delisted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069258-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTOS
- cik: 0001069258
- company_name: KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925826000026/0001069258-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925826000026/ktos-20260302.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069258-26-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069258-26-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069258-26-000026.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: af606f2029dc2b0857df76eac01a338920ffece2
  claim: KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. completed an acquisition involving Orbit Technologies Ltd. for $352.7 million in cash (closed 2026-03-02).
  evidence_excerpt: Merger, Orbit’s ordinary shares were publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The purchase price paid for 100 percent of the ordinary shares of Orbit was approximately $352.7 million in cash, which was funded via cash on the Company’s balance sheet. The purchase price was determined based on $13.725 for each Orbit ordinary share (the “Merger Consideration”),
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925826000026/0001069258-26-000026-index.htm

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