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Acquisitions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Acquisitions Acquisitions
Norden Millimeter, Inc.

On January 27, 2025, the Company and Kratos Microwave, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company (“Kratos Microwave”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to acquire certain of the assets (the “Purchased Assets”) of Norden Millimeter, Inc. (“Norden”) and assume certain liabilities (the “Assumed Liabilities”) of Norden. Norden focuses on microwave and millimeter wave products. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on February 4, 2025, the acquisition was completed following the satisfaction of all closing conditions and (a) the Company issued 1,095,674 shares of its common stock, with a deemed value of $32.2 million, to Norden in a private placement, (b) the Company agreed to issue up to $6 million worth of additional shares of its common stock to Norden in the future upon release of certain holdback amounts, and (c) Kratos Microwave agreed to assume the Assumed Liabilities, in each case, in exchange for the Purchased Assets. Included in these Assumed Liabilities is contingent bonus liability of $5.0 million payable to certain former employees of Norden. Kratos granted Norden certain registration rights under the Asset Purchase Agreement and registered the 1,095,674 shares with the SEC on February 7, 2025. The Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities are included in the KGS segment.

The operating results of this acquisition have been included in the Company’s results of operations from the effective acquisition date.

The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition was allocated to goodwill. The goodwill represents the value the Company expects to be created by integrating the acquired Norden assets with Kratos’ related products and customers.

The acquisition has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, which requires, among other things, that the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. These fair value measurements are based primarily on significant inputs not observable in the marketplace and thus represent Level 3 measurements.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the Norden assets acquired and liabilities assumed (in millions):

Accounts receivable $1.8 
Inventory6.1 
Other current assets0.1 
Property and equipment1.5 
Intangible assets9.7 
Deferred tax asset
1.2 
  Total assets acquired
20.4 
Total liabilities assumed
(10.1)
Goodwill26.9 
Total assets acquired
$37.2 

The identifiable intangible assets as of February 4, 2025 included customer relationships of $5.8 million with a useful life of 10 years, contracts and backlog of $1.4 million with a useful life of 2 years, developed technology of $1.4 million with a useful life of 5 years, trade names of $0.6 million with a useful life of 7 years, and a non-compete agreement valued at $0.5 million with a useful life of 5 years. The goodwill recorded in this transaction is expected to be tax-deductible.

The value of customer relationships was estimated using the multi-period excess earnings method (“MPEEM”), an income approach (Level 3), which converts projected revenues and costs into cash flows. To reflect the fact that certain other assets contribute to the cash flows generated, the returns for these contributory assets were removed to arrive at estimated cash flows solely attributable to the acquired customer relationships, which were discounted at a rate of 7.5% to determine the fair value referred to above. The value of contracts and backlog referred to above was also estimated using MPEEM. The value of developed technology referred to above was estimated using the relief-from royalty method, an income approach (Level 3), which estimates the cost savings that accrue to the owner of the intangible asset that would otherwise be payable as royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. A royalty rate was applied to the projected revenues associated with the developed technology intangible asset to determine the amount of savings, which was discounted at a rate of 8.8% to determine the fair value. The value of trade names referred to above was also estimated using the relief-from royalty method. A royalty rate was applied to the projected revenues associated with the trade names intangible asset to determine the amount of savings, which was discounted at a rate of 8.8% to determine the fair value referred to above. Quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs utilized to measure the fair value of Level 3 assets includes a range of discount rates from 6% to 12% and a weighted average discount rate of 8.8%.

The amounts of revenue and operating income of the acquired Norden assets included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for December 28, 2025 were $22.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

A summary of the consideration paid for the acquired assets is as follows (in millions):

Common stock issued and cash paid
$32.3 
Holdback, net of $1.1 million purchase price adjustment
4.9 
Total consideration$37.2 

Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited)

The following tables summarize the supplemental condensed consolidated statements of operations information on an unaudited pro forma basis as if the acquisition of the Norden assets occurred on December 30, 2024 and include adjustments that were directly attributable to the Norden acquisition transaction. There are no material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and income (loss). The pro forma results are for illustrative purposes only for the applicable period and do not purport to be indicative of the actual results that would have occurred had the transaction been completed as of the beginning of the period, nor are they indicative of results of operations that may occur in the future.
For the year-ended December 28, 2025 (all amounts, except per share amounts, are in millions):
December 28, 2025
Pro forma revenues
$1,348.4 
Pro forma net income before tax
$33.8 
Pro forma net income
$21.8 
Basic pro forma income per share
$0.13 
Diluted pro forma income per share
$0.13 

Sierra Technical Services, Inc.

On October 3, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity securities of aerial target drone designer Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (“STS”) pursuant to which the Company (i) issued 866,026 shares of
Kratos common stock valued at $12.8 million on October 3, 2023 and (ii) an additional 42,523 shares of
Kratos common stock valued at $1.1 million on October 3, 2024 pursuant to certain holdback and earn-out provisions, in each case, to the former stockholders of STS. The Company recorded net assets of $12.6 million and goodwill of $10.7 million related to the STS acquisition. Significant assets of STS acquired by the Company included accounts receivable of $11.0 million, and identified intangibles (contracts and backlog) of $14.0 million. Significant liabilities of STS assumed by the Company included deferred revenue of $11.4 million. The operating results of the acquisition have been included in the Company’s results of operations from the effective date of the acquisition. The amount of net sales and earnings of STS included in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 29, 2024 are not material. Had the acquisition occurred as of December 26, 2022, net sales, net income from consolidated operations, net income attributable to Kratos, and basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Kratos on a pro forma basis for the year ended December 31, 2023 would not have been materially different than the reported amounts. STS is included in the US segment.