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accession: "0001069258-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KTOS"
cik: "0001069258"
company_name: "KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
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event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Kratos appoints former Dynetics CEO David King to board effective March 23

## Summary
- David King, 64, appointed to Kratos board and Audit Committee; Hoglund steps down from Audit Committee but remains Chairman.
- King was CEO of Dynetics (2015–2020), growing revenue from $180M to $650M before $1.65B sale to Leidos.
- Earlier served as Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, leading a $2.8B annual budget organization.
- King brings experience in unmanned systems, hypersonics, solid rocket motors, and scaling defense production.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069258-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KTOS
- cik: 0001069258
- company_name: KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925826000034/0001069258-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069258/000106925826000034/ktos-20260319.htm

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