Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

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    Item 1. Business.

    Overview

    Kratos is a technology, hardware, products, system and software company addressing the defense, national security, and commercial markets. Kratos makes true internally funded research, development, capital and other investments, to rapidly develop, produce and field relevant solutions that address our customers’ mission critical needs and requirements. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we seek to utilize proven, leading edge approaches and technology, not unproven bleeding edge approaches or technology, with Kratos’ approach designed to reduce cost, schedule and risk, enabling us to be first to market with cost effective solutions. We believe that Kratos is known as the innovative disruptive change agent in the industry, a company that is an expert in designing products and systems up front for successful rapid, large quantity, low cost future manufacturing, which is a value add competitive differentiator for our large traditional prime system integrator partners and also to our government and commercial customers. Kratos intends to pursue program and contract opportunities as the prime or lead contractor when we believe our probability of win is high and any investment required by Kratos is within our capital resource comfort level. We intend to partner and team with a large, traditional system integrator when our assessment of probability of win is greater or required investment is beyond Kratos comfort level. Kratos’ primary business areas include, virtualized ground systems for satellites and space vehicles including software for command & control (C2) and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C), jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles and rocket systems, propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, space craft and launch systems, command, control, communication, computing, combat, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, air defense, missile defense, space, satellite, counter unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS), directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual & augmented reality training systems for the warfighter. We believe that there is a generational recapitalization of weapon systems and related defense industrial bases occurring globally, including with the
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    United States and its allies, to address individual and potential collective peer and near peer threats, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. The Company currently has record levels of backlog and opportunity pipeline. The Company is currently making significant capital, property, plant, equipment and other internally funded investments to address its backlog, current opportunity pipeline, and expected and potential future program and contract awards, including from or with the Department of War, traditional legacy prime systems integrators and partners. These investments include unmanned jet powered aircraft such as Kratos Valkyrie ahead of potential contract award; a hypersonic system fabrication and integration facility including for Kratos Zeus solid rocket missiles (SRMs) and Erinyes hypersonic flight systems in Indiana; the procurement of long lead items for 60 Oriole and 60 Zeus SRM’s for ballistic missile defense related, hypersonic or other expected customer missions; relocation and expansion of our small turbojet engine production capacity in Michigan; establishment of a planned small turbofan jet engine production facility in Oklahoma; expansion of our existing microwave electronics manufacturing facility in Israel, establishment of an additional microwave electronics facility in Israel, including a space qualified facility; expansion of our machining, milling, casting, 3D printing and additive manufacturing capable facility in the United States to support our jet engine and other hardware product and system manufacturing requirements; establishment of a new facility related to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program; expansion of our unmanned jet drone manufacturing capability; and expansion of existing and construction of additional classified facilities for certain programs and contracts. Investments related to the Company’s Prometheus venture with Rafael and the new turbofan production facility in Oklahoma related to our arrangement with GE Aerospace are expected to begin to ramp up during 2026.

    We were incorporated in the state of New York on December 19, 1994 and began operations in March 1995. We reincorporated in the state of Delaware in 1998.

    Industry Update
     
    On November 5, 2024, the U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections occurred, with Donald Trump being elected President of the United States, and the Republican party controlling both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. On March 14, 2025 the Senate voted to pass the “Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025” (H.R. 1968) to further extend appropriations and avert a government shutdown through the end of the federal government’s fiscal year 2025 on September 30, 2025. This continuing resolution (“CRA”) largely extended fiscal year 2024 spending levels, including certain limited flexibility to reallocate certain program funds, and, according to the Congressional Budget Office, would allow for $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending in the federal government’s fiscal year 2025, with $893 billion for defense (an approximately $6 billion increase) and $708 billion for non-defense spending (an approximately $13 billion reduction).

    On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was enacted. This reconciliation bill appropriated an additional $156 billion for defense spending and national security priorities and is expected to result in increased investment by the DoW in defense modernization projects and increasing weapons and armaments production capacity. Approximately $113 billion of the $156 billion in OBBBA funding for defense and national security priorities is intended to be added to the final 2026 defense appropriations Bill (see below) The appropriated funds will remain available to be obligated until September 30, 2029 and can be expended through 2035.

    The federal government’s 2026 fiscal year began on October 1, 2025, without the passage of Appropriation Acts or a CRA, resulting in a U.S. Government shutdown. On November 9, 2025, a stopgap spending measure was enacted, which expired on January 30, 2026.

    On February 3, 2026 President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148) a $1.2 trillion funding package, that ended a brief government shutdown that began on February 1, 2026. This law provides funding for most federal agencies, including the DoW, through September 30, 2026. The funding bill includes $838.7 billion in defense appropriations for the DoW. This $838.7 billion, plus the approximate $113 billion included in the OBBBA noted above, and including approximately $45 billion in Department of Energy National Security related funds, brings the total U.S. Federal Fiscal Year 2026 National Security spend to approximately $1 trillion.

    The potential challenges presented by the recent U.S. Government shutdown, Presidential and Congressional changes, proposed new tariffs, the current budgetary and deficit funding environment, the Trump Administration’s stated fiscal policies, Israel, Ukraine, Venezuela and Taiwan funding support, potential heightened levels of inflation, ongoing supply chain disruption, and the challenging appropriations process, among other items, all continue to potentially create significant short and long-term risks to the industry and the Company. Additionally, the Trump Administration has recently executed certain executive orders directly related to significantly changing the current DoW procurement policies and procedures, and the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the potential impact of which such changes, if effected either by executive orders or changes to the relevant law, to the industry, and to Kratos, is unknown at this time.
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    We believe continued budget and deficit funding pressures (which are expected), CRAs (which are also expected), future Federal Government debt ceiling issues, or current and potential Federal Government shutdowns could have serious negative consequences for the security of our country and the defense industrial base, including the Company and the related customers, employees, suppliers, investors, and communities that rely on companies in the defense industrial base. It is possible that budget and program decisions made in such an uncertain environment would have long-term implications for our Company and the entire defense industry. Additionally, funding for certain programs, including those in which we currently participate or are pursuing, may be reduced, delayed or cancelled, and budget uncertainty or funding cuts globally could adversely affect the viability of our customers, partners, teammates, subcontractors, suppliers, and our employee base.

    Such a dynamic and challenging federal and DoW budgetary environment may negatively impact our customers, business and programs, and could have a material adverse effect on our forecasts, estimates, financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

    We also continue to be affected by various unfavorable macroeconomic conditions including adverse supply chain disruptions that continue throughout the industry and for us, and related delays in the receipt and delivery of materials, parts, supplies, etc., which in certain instances and for certain items is significant. To mitigate the impact of these delays, we have implemented advanced and larger lot purchases of certain materials and parts which has resulted in an increased use of our working capital, which is expected to continue. In addition, inflation and the related increased costs of inputs needed to execute our business, including materials, parts, supplies, consultants, subcontractors, vendors, etc., have significantly increased our business costs and have adversely impacted our operations, profit margins and financial forecasts.

    Also, an industry wide shortage of qualified labor, and the cost of that labor for the Company and its labor base is a significant operational challenge. The cost of labor has increased significantly and current challenges in hiring, obtaining and retaining employees, including those employees requiring National Security clearances, is adversely impacting Kratos’ ability to execute its business. The challenge of retaining skilled experienced production personnel has continued to negatively impact our operating margins, especially on our longer-term firm fixed-priced production contracts. There is also a significant industry wide labor shortage, including in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) discipline areas, and also including employees willing and/or able to obtain National Security clearances, and for high level manufacturing and production disciplines.

    We believe that our business is well-positioned, including in areas that the Trump Administration, the DoW, and national security related and other customers currently indicate are priorities for future defense spending. As noted above, we believe that there is a generational recapitalization of weapon systems and the defense industrial base occurring with the U.S. and its allies to address peer and near peer threats, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. We believe that the Company’s positioning as a proven provider of military grade hardware, products, systems and software to address these threats for and with our customers and partners is recognized in the industry. We believe that the Company’s military grade hardware, software and solution offerings, including jet unmanned aerial drones, rocket and hypersonic systems, C5ISR and air defense systems, jet engine and propulsion systems for missiles, drones, hypersonic and supersonic vehicles, microwave electronics for missile, radar and air defense systems and training systems, address mission critical priority areas of the DoW.

    Our Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations reflect estimates and assumptions made by management as of December 28, 2025. Events and changes in circumstances arising after December 28, 2025, including those resulting from the continuing impacts of the current unfavorable macroeconomic climate, will be reflected in management’s estimates for future periods.

    Current Reporting Segments
     
    The Company currently operates in two reportable segments. The Kratos Government Solutions (“KGS”) reportable segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including our microwave electronics products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments. The Unmanned Systems (“US”) reportable segment is comprised of an aggregation of US operating segments, including our unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and command, control and communications system businesses.

    We organize our operating segments based primarily on the nature of the products, solutions and services offered. Transactions between segments are negotiated and accounted for under terms and conditions similar to other government and commercial contracts, and these intercompany transactions are eliminated in consolidation. For additional information regarding our reportable segments, see Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Annual
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    Report. From a customer and solutions perspective, we view our business as an integrated whole, leveraging skills and assets wherever possible.

    Competitive Strengths
    We believe that Kratos being a technology company, focused on affordability and the composition and experience of our Board of Directors and Executive management team, our ability to act and make decisions quickly, our culture of rapid innovation and our investments to develop and maintain intellectual property, proprietary products, and technology, are strongly aligned with certain of the highest priority spending areas of the DoW, the U.S. National Security Strategy, and the DoW’s focus on leveraging technology to defeat or deter peer and near-peer adversaries, are competitive advantages.

    Additionally, we believe Kratos’ strategy of being “first to market” with our hardware systems, products, technology and solutions, is also a competitive differentiator, including in certain areas as compared to the traditional defense industrial complex prime system integrators, as well as venture capital backed defense technology companies. We also believe that our proven ability to rapidly design, develop, demonstrate and field disruptive, transformative and leading technology products and systems, at an affordable cost, also differentiates us from our competitors, both traditional and new. We believe that our reputation, longstanding customer relationships, past-performance qualifications and the designed-in position of our hardware systems, technology and products into our customers’ and partners’ platforms, programs and systems, provide a unique competitive advantage and position us well for future accelerated growth. We routinely partner or team with the large traditional defense industry system integrators when certain opportunities require a significant internally funded investment that Kratos is unwilling to make, or when Kratos believes that teaming significantly increases our probability of win. A recent example of our first to market strategy is our design and development of our low-cost Erinyes, Dark Fury and other hypersonic vehicles and our Zeus solid rocket motors, which have recently had several successful missions.

    Kratos’ specialized National Security focus is aligned with mission-critical National Security priorities. Continued and increased concerns related to the threats posed by certain foreign nations, including nations with peer or near peer capabilities, have caused the U.S. Government to identify National Security as an area of enhanced functional and spending priority. Budget pressures, particularly related to DoW spending, have placed a premium on rapidly developing and fielding low-cost, high-technology hardware, systems and solutions, that can be fielded in quantities, i.e. affordable mass, to address National Security requirements. While budget pressures routinely cause delays in contracts or orders for our business, the global threat environment and current budget projections suggest that future years defense spending will continue to be significant, including to address the increasing threats to the United States and its allies. The outlook for defense spending is primarily focused on deterring and defeating our adversaries, power projection, warfighting readiness, lethality, and recapitalization of key strategic defense systems to address peer and near peer threats. We believe that Kratos’ primary capabilities and areas of focus, certain ones which are listed below, are aligned with the objectives of the U.S. Government including those outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy document:

    Unmanned aerial drones, unmanned ground and unmanned seaborne systems and related autonomy and artificial intelligence.
    Satellite communications, C2, TT&C and Space Domain Awareness capabilities and technology.
    Microwave electronics, including in support of air defense, missile, radar, space, satellite and communication systems.
    Electronic warfare, attack, missile, and radar systems.
    Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology, platforms solutions and systems.
    Ballistic missile defense, hypersonic and other “High Performance” type systems.
    C5ISR systems, including Air Defense, Strategic Deterrence Systems and support of the “Strategic Triad”.
    Cybersecurity and information assurance.
    Specialized training and operational readiness systems and solutions.
    Jet engines for drones, missiles and loitering munitions.
    Rocket engines, SRM’s and propulsion systems for hypersonic, space and other systems.

    IP-centric technology company with proprietary products, technology and systems which address critical current and emerging threats faced by U.S. and allied militaries. As a technology-focused company at the forefront of the DoW’s strategy for technology rich, transformative, disruptive and affordable systems, our current and growing portfolio of proprietary systems, products, solutions, and related intellectual property addresses certain of the most critical mission needs and requirements of U.S. and allied militaries. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, a core competency and a focus that we believe is disruptive and brings an important value proposition to our customers and partners. Kratos business focus areas
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    Financial statements

    data from SEC XBRL filings. Values are as-reported; restatements supersede originals. Values reported in .

    From 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 (period ending 2026-03-29).




    Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
     
    This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” relating to our future financial performance, the market for our services, our opportunities, and our expected future capital expenditures. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements reflect our current beliefs, expectations and projections, are based on assumptions, and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results or achievements to differ materially from any future results or achievements expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results or achievements to differ materially from the results or achievements reflected in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes, cutbacks or delays in spending by the U.S. Department of War may occur which could cause delays or cancellations of key government contracts; delays to or the cancellation of our projects as a result of protest actions submitted by our competitors; changes in federal government (or other applicable) procurement laws, regulations, policies and budgets; the availability of government funding for the Company’s products and services due to performance, cost growth, or other factors; changes in government and customer priorities and requirements; the potential of the current economic environment to adversely impact our business; currently unforeseen risks associated with any public health crisis; risks related to natural disasters or severe weather; changes in the scope or timing of our projects; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer contracts and agreements, or consolidation by or the loss of key customers; risks of adverse regulatory action or litigation; risks related to our international operations; risks associated with debt leverage; failure to successfully achieve our integration, cost reduction or divestiture strategies; risks related to security breaches, cybersecurity attacks or other significant disruptions of our information systems; and competition in the marketplace, which could reduce revenues and profit margins, as well as the additional risks and uncertainties described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in “Item 1A-Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 23, 2026 (the “Form 10-K”), and in other reports that we have filed with the SEC. These forward-looking statements reflect our views and assumptions only as of the date such forward-looking statements are made. Except as required by law, we assume no responsibility for updating any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

    All references to “us,” “we,” “our,” the “Company” and “Kratos” refer to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries.

    Overview
     
    Kratos is a technology, products, system and software company addressing the defense, national security, and commercial markets. Kratos makes true internally funded research, development, capital and other investments, to rapidly develop, produce and field solutions that address our customers’ mission critical needs and requirements. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we utilize proven, leading edge approaches and technology, not unproven bleeding edge approaches or technology, with Kratos’ approach designed to reduce cost, schedule and risk, enabling us to be first to market with cost effective solutions. We believe that Kratos is known as the innovative disruptive change agent in the industry, a company that is an expert in designing products and systems up front for successful rapid, large quantity, low cost future manufacturing, which is a value add competitive differentiator for our large traditional prime system integrator partners and also to our government and commercial customers. Kratos intends to pursue program and contract opportunities as the prime or lead contractor when we believe our probability of win is high and any investment required by Kratos is within our capital resource comfort level. We intend to partner and team with a large, traditional system integrator when our assessment of probability of win is greater or required investment is beyond Kratos comfort level. Kratos’ primary business areas include, virtualized ground systems for satellites and space vehicles including software for command & control (C2) and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C), jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles and rocket systems, propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering munitions, supersonic systems, space craft and launch systems, command, control, communication, computing, combat, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) and microwave electronic products for missile, radar, air defense, missile defense, space, satellite, counter unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS), directed energy, communication and other systems, and virtual & augmented reality training systems for the warfighter. We believe that there is a generational recapitalization of the defense industrial base and weapon systems occurring globally, including with the United States and its allies, to address individual and potential collective peer and near peer threats, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. The Company currently has record levels of backlog and opportunity pipeline. The Company is currently making significant capital, property, plant, equipment and other internally funded investments to address its backlog, current opportunity pipeline, and expected and potential future program and contract awards, including from or with the Department of
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    War, traditional legacy prime systems integrators and partners. These investments include: unmanned jet powered aircraft including Kratos Valkyrie ahead of potential contract award; a hypersonic system fabrication and integration facility including for Kratos Zeus solid rocket motors (SRMs) and Erinyes hypersonic flight systems in Indiana; the purchase of long lead items for 60 Oriole SRM’s and 60 Zeus SRM’s for ballistic missile defense; related, hypersonic or other expected customer missions; relocation and expansion of our small turbojet engine production capacity in Michigan; establishment of a planned small turbofan jet engine production facility in Oklahoma; establishment of a radar maintenance overhaul and upgrade facility in Indiana; establishment of a hypersonic system related arc chamber in Indiana; expansion of our existing microwave electronics manufacturing facility in Israel; establishment of an additional microwave electronics facility in Israel, including a space qualified facility; expansion of our machining, milling, casting, 3D printing and additive manufacturing capable facility in the United States to support our jet engine and other product and system manufacturing requirements; establishment of a new facility related to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program; expansion of our unmanned jet drone manufacturing capability; and expansion of existing and construction of additional classified facilities for certain programs and contracts. Investments related to the Company’s Prometheus venture with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems, Ltd and the new turbofan production facility in Oklahoma related to our arrangement with GE Aerospace are expected to ramp up in 2026 and 2027.

    Industry Update

    The United States, its allies and NATO are currently rebuilding their respective Defense Industrial Bases and there is currently an ongoing global recapitalization of weapon systems under way as a result of the deteriorating geopolitical situation, including as related to Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, etc. On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), previously known as the Reconciliation Bill, was enacted. The OBBBA appropriated an additional $156 billion for defense spending and national security priorities and is expected to result in increased investment by the DoW in defense modernization projects and increasing weapons and armaments production capacity. Approximately $113 billion of the $156 billion in OBBBA funding for defense and national security priorities was initially intended to be added to the final 2026 defense appropriations bill, as described below. The appropriated funds will remain available to be obligated until September 30, 2029 and expended through FY 2035. The OBBBA is expected to result in increased investments by the DoW in defense modernization projects and Pacific region deterrence.

    On October 1, 2025, the U.S. Government entered a shutdown, which ended on November 12, 2025. The federal government operated under a continuing resolution (“CR”) that extended funding for most agencies (including DoW) until January 30, 2026.

    On February 3, 2026 President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7148) a $1.2 trillion funding package, that ended a brief government shutdown that began on February 1, 2026. This law provides funding for most federal agencies, including the DoW, through September 30, 2026. The funding bill includes $838.7 billion in defense appropriations for the DoW. This $838.7 billion, plus the approximate $113 billion included in the OBBBA noted above, and including approximately $45 billion in Department of Energy National Security related funds, brought the initial expected total U.S. Federal Fiscal Year 2026 National Security spend to approximately $1 trillion. In February, 2026, the Secretary of War announced that the $156 billion in the OBBBA for defense and National Security would be entirely expended in fiscal 2026, increasing the expected 2026 National Security spend above $1 trillion.

    On April 3, 2026, the Administration released the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense request proposal. This proposal seeks a $1.5 trillion defense expenditure, including a large discretionary base funding of approximately $1.15 trillion and an additional $350 billion of mandatory funding through a new reconciliation bill. The fiscal 2027 Defense Request and related Reconciliation Bill are expected to include significant funding for Golden Dome, Space and Satellite communications, unmanned systems and artificial intelligence, missiles, radars and air defense systems, the nuclear triad and many other systems, initiatives and programs.

    The potential challenges presented by the recent U.S. Government shutdown, Presidential and Congressional changes, the current budgetary and deficit funding environment, the Trump Administration’s stated fiscal policies, the uncertain tariff situation, the conflicts in Iran, Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan funding support, potential continuing heightened levels of inflation, ongoing supply chain disruption, and the challenging appropriations process, among other items, all continue to potentially create significant short and long-term risks to the industry and the Company. Additionally, the Trump Administration has executed certain executive orders directly related to significantly changing the current DoW procurement policies and procedures, and the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the potential impact of such changes, if effected either by executive orders or changes to the relevant law, to the industry, and to Kratos, is unknown at this time.

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    We believe continued budget and deficit funding pressures (which are expected), CRAs (which are also expected), future Federal Government debt ceiling issues, or current and potential Federal Government shutdowns could have serious negative consequences for the security of our country and the defense industrial base, including the Company and the related customers, employees, suppliers, investors, and communities that rely on companies in the defense industrial base. It is possible that budget and program decisions made in such an uncertain environment would have long-term implications for our Company and the entire defense industry. Additionally, funding for certain programs, including those in which we currently participate or are pursuing, may be reduced, delayed or cancelled, and budget uncertainty or funding cuts globally could adversely affect the viability of our customers, partners, teammates, subcontractors, suppliers, and our employee base.

    Such a dynamic and challenging federal, DoW and National Security related budgetary environment may negatively impact our customers, partners, suppliers, business and programs, and could have a material adverse effect on our forecasts, estimates, financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

    We also continue to be affected by various unfavorable macroeconomic conditions including adverse supply chain disruptions that continue throughout the industry and for Kratos, and related delays in the receipt and delivery of materials, parts, supplies, etc., which in certain instances and for certain items is significant. To mitigate the impact of these delays, we have implemented advanced and larger lot purchases of certain materials and parts, which has resulted in an increased use of our working capital, which is expected to continue. In addition, inflation and the related increased costs of inputs needed to execute our business, including materials, parts, supplies, consultants, subcontractors, vendors, etc., have significantly increased our business costs and have adversely impacted our operations, profit margins and financial forecasts.

    Additionally, an industry wide shortage of qualified labor, and the cost of that labor for the Company and its labor base is a significant operational challenge. The cost of labor has increased significantly and current challenges in hiring, obtaining and retaining employees, including those employees requiring National Security clearances, is adversely impacting Kratos’ ability to execute its business. The challenge of retaining skilled experienced production personnel has continued to negatively impact our operating margins, especially on our longer-term firm fixed-priced production contracts. There is also a significant industry wide labor shortage, including in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) discipline areas, and also including employees willing and/or able to obtain National Security clearances, and for high level manufacturing and production disciplines.

    We do believe that our business is well-positioned, including in areas that the Trump Administration, the DoW, national security related and other customers currently indicate are priorities for future defense spending. As noted above, we believe that there is a generational recapitalization of weapon systems and the defense industrial base occurring with the U.S. and its allies to address peer and near peer threats, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. We believe that the Company’s position as a proven provider of military grade hardware, systems and software to address these threats for and with our customers and partners is recognized in the industry. We believe that the Company’s military grade hardware, software and solution offerings, including jet unmanned aerial drones, rocket and hypersonic systems, C5ISR and air defense systems, jet engine and propulsion systems for missiles, drones, hypersonic and supersonic vehicles, microwave electronics for missile, radar and air defense systems, space and satellite communication systems and training systems, address mission critical priority areas of the DoW.

    Reportable Segments
     
    The Company currently operates in two reportable segments, KGS and US. The KGS reportable segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including our microwave electronics products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments. The US reportable segment consists of our unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and command, control and communications system businesses.

    We organize our business segments based primarily on the nature of the products, solutions and services offered. Transactions between segments are negotiated and accounted for under terms and conditions similar to other government and commercial contracts, and these intercompany transactions are eliminated in consolidation. For additional information regarding our reportable segments, see Note 10 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. From a customer and solutions perspective, we view our business as an integrated whole, leveraging skills and assets wherever possible.

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    Comparison of Results for the Three Months Ended March 29, 2026 to the Three Months Ended March 30, 2025
     
    Revenues.  Revenues by reporting segment for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025 are as follows (dollars in millions):
     March 29, 2026March 30, 2025$ change% change
    Kratos Government Solutions
    Service revenues131.3 $100.7 $30.6 30.4 %
    Product sales157.1 138.8 18.3 13.2 %
    Total Kratos Government Solutions$288.4 $239.5 $48.9 20.4 %
    Unmanned Systems
    Service revenues$2.7 $1.7 $1.0 58.8 %
    Product sales79.9 61.4 18.5 30.1 %
    Total Unmanned Systems82.6 63.1 19.5 30.9 %
    Total revenues$371.0 $302.6 $68.4 22.6 %
    Total service revenues$134.0 $102.4 $31.6 30.9 %
    Total product sales237.0 200.2 36.8 18.4 %
    Total revenues$371.0 $302.6 $68.4 22.6 %
     
    Revenues increased $68.4 million to $371.0 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $302.6 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Revenues in our KGS segment increased $48.9 million primarily due to increased revenues in our Defense Rocket Support business driven by our hypersonic systems business, as well as growth in our microwave products businesses and turbine technologies businesses, and the contribution of $7.3 million in revenue from the recent acquisition of Nomad Global Communication Solutions, and $13.3 million in revenue from the recent acquisition of Orbit Technologies. Revenues in our US segment were $82.6 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, an increase of $19.5 million from $63.1 million in the three months ended March 30, 2025, primarily as a result of Valkyrie aircraft related production during the three months ended March 29, 2026.

    Product sales increased $36.8 million to $237.0 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $200.2 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025, primarily as a result of increased production in our KGS segment. As a percentage of total consolidated revenues, product sales were 63.9% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 as compared to 66.2% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Service revenues increased by $31.6 million to $134.0 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $102.4 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025, primarily related to increased activity in our defense rocket support business in our KGS segment.

    Cost of Revenues.  Cost of revenues increased $52.4 million to $281.4 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $229.0 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025. The increase in cost of revenues was primarily related to the increased revenues as well the impact of increased labor and material costs.

    Gross Margin.  Gross margin decreased to 24.2% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 24.3% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Margins on services decreased to 25.9% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 26.1% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Margins on products decreased to 23.2% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 23.4% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Margins in the KGS segment decreased to 26.2% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 26.6% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Margins in the US segment increased to 17.1% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 15.8% for the three months ended March 30, 2025.

    Selling, General and Administrative (“SG&A”) Expenses.  SG&A expenses increased $15.3 million to $72.3 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $57.0 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025 due primarily to the increased stock compensation expense, revenue volume and headcount. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A increased to 19.5% at March 29, 2026 from 18.8% at March 30, 2025.

    Research and Development (“R&D”) Expenses.  R&D expenses increased to $10.7 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from $10.0 million for March 30, 2025. As a percentage of revenues, R&D decreased to 2.9% for the three months ended March 29, 2026 from 3.3% for the three months ended March 30, 2025. R&D expenses are made by the Company, typically in conjunction with our customers, for the Company to achieve a “first to market” position with our
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    products or technology. We also invest in R&D expenses to achieve market leading “designed in” positions on major programs, platforms or systems.

    Total Other Income (Expense), Net.  The total other income (expense), net was $5.1 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and $(1.2) million for the three months ended March 30, 2025. The net change of $6.3 million between the three months ended March 30, 2025 and the three months ended March 29, 2026 is primarily related to the reduction of interest expense from the payoff of our long-term debt on July 2, 2025 and an increase in interest income on cash balances, which increased following our June 27, 2025 and February 26, 2026 public offerings.

    Provision for Income Taxes. The benefit for income taxes was $2.1 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and a provision of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025. The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and three months ended March 30, 2025 included a benefit of $7.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, for stock compensation related items. For the three months ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025, the Company utilized the annual effective tax rate method based on the forecasted information provided.

    Backlog

    On March 29, 2026, we had approximately $2.011 billion of total backlog, of which $1.457 billion was funded. We expect to recognize approximately 37% of the remaining total backlog as revenue in fiscal year 2026, an additional 25% in fiscal year 2027 and the balance thereafter. Our comparable total backlog balance as of March 30, 2025, was approximately $1.508 billion, of which $1.174 billion was funded. Backlog as of March 29, 2026 as compared to March 30, 2025 has increased primarily as a result of contract awards in our Space, Satellite and Training, Defense Rocket Support Services and Unmanned Systems businesses, as well as the impact of the acquisitions of Nomad and Orbit which contributed approximately $184.4 million to the increase in backlog.

    Total backlog is our estimate of the amount of revenue expected to be realized over the remaining life of awarded contracts and task orders that we have in hand as of the measurement date. Total backlog can include award fees, incentive fees, or other variable consideration estimated based on the most likely amount we expect to be entitled to receive, to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. Total backlog can include both funded and unfunded future revenue under government contracts. Total backlog does not include orders for which neither party has performed and which each party has the unilateral right to terminate a wholly unperformed contract without compensating the other party. As such, total backlog generally does not include options for additional performance obligations which have not been executed unless they are considered a material right of the base agreement/contract. For indefinite delivery or indefinite quantity contracts, only awarded or funded task orders are included for backlog purposes.

    We define funded backlog as estimated future revenue under government contracts and task orders for which funding has been appropriated by Congress and authorized for expenditure by the applicable agency, plus an estimate of the future revenue expected to be realized from commercial contracts that are under firm orders. Funded backlog does not include the full potential value of our contracts because Congress often appropriates funds to be used by an agency for a particular program of a contract on a yearly or quarterly basis even though the contract may call for performance over a number of years. As a result, contracts typically are only partially funded at any point during their term, and all or some of the work to be performed under the contracts may remain unfunded unless and until Congress makes a subsequent appropriation and the procuring agency allocates funding to the contract.
     
    Contracts undertaken by us may extend beyond one year. Accordingly, portions are carried forward from one year to the next as part of backlog. Because many factors affect the scheduling of projects, no assurance can be given as to when or if revenue will be realized on projects included in our backlog. Although funded backlog represents only business that is considered to be firm, we cannot guarantee that cancellations or scope adjustments will not occur. The majority of funded backlog represents contracts with terms that would entitle us to all or a portion of our costs incurred and potential fees upon cancellation by the customer.
     
    A significant number of the programs that Kratos’ systems, products and solutions support are multi-year/multi-decade in nature. Accordingly, based on historical customer usage or operational tempo, we have reasonable expectations or visibility of what ultimate orders for Kratos’ systems, products and solutions will be. We do not include these expected amounts in our backlog until a related contract award is received.

    Management believes that year-to-year comparisons of backlog are not necessarily indicative of future revenues. The actual timing of receipt of revenues, if any, on projects included in backlog could change because many factors affect the scheduling of projects. In addition, cancellations or adjustments to contracts may occur. Backlog is typically subject to large
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    variations from quarter-to-quarter as existing contracts are renewed or new contracts are awarded. Additionally, all U.S. Government contracts included in backlog, whether or not funded, may be terminated at the convenience of the U.S. Government.
     
    Liquidity and Capital Resources
     
    As of March 29, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1,464.3 million compared with cash and cash equivalents of $560.6 million as of December 28, 2025, which includes $80.2 million and $30.3 million, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries. We are not presently aware of any restrictions on the repatriation of these funds, however, earnings of these foreign subsidiaries are essentially considered permanently invested in these foreign subsidiaries. If these funds were needed to fund our operations or satisfy obligations in the United States they could be repatriated, and their repatriation into the United States may cause us to incur additional foreign withholding taxes. We do not currently intend to repatriate these earnings.

    Our total long-term debt at March 29, 2026 remains at zero reflecting the extinguishment on July 2, 2025 of all outstanding Term Loan A debt under the 2022 Credit Facility. The then outstanding Term Loan A aggregate principal balance of $177.5 million, plus accrued interest, was paid in full utilizing a portion of the proceeds we received from the June 27, 2025 public equity offering that generated net proceeds of approximately $555.9 million, which is described further in Note 11 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The new undrawn $300.0 million revolving credit facility (see Note 9) remains active and available to the Company less approximately $31.2 million of letters of credit outstanding.

    We use our operating cash flow to finance trade accounts receivable, fund necessary increases in inventory including increasing inventory stock levels and advance buys in larger lot sizes to gain pricing benefits where possible, in order to mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions and price increases, utilize working capital to fund revenue growth, fund prepayments required for long lead items necessary for production, fund internal investments of engineering and software development costs, fund capital expenditures, our internal research and development investments and our ongoing operations, service our debt, enhance our security infrastructure, including cyber security infrastructure, and make strategic acquisitions. Financing trade accounts receivable is necessary because, on average, our customers do not pay us as quickly as we pay our vendors and employees for their goods and services because a number of our receivables are contractually billable and due to us only when certain contractual milestones are achieved. Financing increases in inventory balances are necessary to fulfill shipment requirements to meet delivery schedules of our customers, to fund advanced inventory purchases to mitigate supply chain disruptions, and to fund production for work in progress and increased inventory levels and prepayments for long-lead materials related to production and revenue growth. These financing requirements have increased and have recently negatively impacted our operating cash flows due to actions we have taken to advance inventory purchases in an attempt to mitigate supply chain disruptions and to bolster our inventory levels. For the three months ended March 29, 2026, approximately $26.5 million of operating cash flow use was related to increases in prepaid expenses and other assets which also include certain vendor prepayments and deposits related to the procurement of long-lead materials and inventory and certain investments we are making for unmanned systems initiatives. Cash from continuing operations is primarily derived from our customer contracts in progress and associated changes in working capital components. Our days sales outstanding (“DSO”) have increased from 124 days as of December 28, 2025 to 130 days at March 29, 2026, primarily reflecting the timing of outstanding contractual billing milestones and our internal revenue growth as well as the impact of the recent Nomad and Orbit acquisitions. Our DSO's are impacted by the achievement of contractual billing milestones such as equipment shipments and deliveries on certain products, the receipt of contractual funding, and for certain flight requirements that must be fulfilled on certain aerial target programs, or final milestone billings which are not due until completion on certain projects, and therefore we are unable to contractually bill for amounts outstanding related to those milestones at this time.

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    A summary of our net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities from our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows is as follows (in millions):
    Three Months Ended
     March 29, 2026March 30, 2025
    Net cash used in operating activities
    $(27.4)$(29.2)
    Net cash used in investing activities
    (365.1)(22.6)
    Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    1,297.3 (14.5)
    Net cash used in operating activities was $27.4 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026. Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 29, 2026 was primarily a result of net income of $11.9 million and changes in net working capital accounts of $75.8 million partially offset by noncash charges of $36.5 million which primarily includes stock compensation, depreciation and amortization. Net cash used in operating activities was $29.2 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025. Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 30, 2025 was primarily a result of net income of $4.5 million and changes in net working capital accounts of $56.0 million partially offset by noncash charges of $22.3 million which primarily includes stock compensation, depreciation and amortization.

    Net cash used in investing activities was $365.1 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026 and is comprised primarily of $347.4 million of payments for acquisitions and $19.9 million of capital expenditures. During the three months ended March 29, 2026, capital expenditures of approximately $6.7 million were incurred in our US business, primarily related to our unmanned tactical initiative. We expect our capital expenditures for fiscal year 2026 to continue to be significant for investments we are making, specifically in our US business totaling approximately $35 to $40 million, including approximately $25 to $30 million for capital aerial targets and related support equipment. The Company is currently producing or anticipates producing several versions of the Valkyrie within the 24 unit production, based on routine communications with the customers, which mix and ultimate duration of the 24 Lot Build may change as a result. The Company’s small jet engines are currently “designed in” on certain cruise missiles and loitering munitions, certain of which the Company may receive indications of or production contracts for, which could result in the Company ordering or acquiring related hardware for in 2026, which could impact our cash flow. Net cash used in investing activities was $22.6 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025 and is primarily comprised of $22.6 million in capital expenditures. During the three months ended March 30, 2025, capital expenditures of approximately $8.3 million were incurred in our US business, primarily related to our unmanned tactical initiative.

    Net cash provided by financing activities was $1,297.3 million for the three months ended March 29, 2026, which included net proceeds from the issuance of common stock of approximately $1,348.6 million (see Note 11 to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) and employee stock purchase plan receipts of $5.3 million. These receipts were partially offset by payroll withholding taxes paid from vested restricted stock traded for taxes of $54.9 million, and payments made on financing lease obligations of $0.9 million. Net cash used in financing activities was $14.5 million for the three months ended March 30, 2025, which included $2.5 million of principal payments on our Term Loan A, payroll withholding taxes paid from vested restricted stock traded for taxes of $16.2 million and payments made on financing lease obligations of $0.4 million. These uses were partially offset by employee stock purchase plan receipts of $4.6 million.

    Contractual Obligations and Commitments

    (a) 2022 Credit Facility

    On February 18, 2022, the Company completed the refinancing of its then-outstanding $90 million revolving credit facility and $300 million 6.5% Senior Secured Notes, with a 5-year $200 million Revolving Credit Facility and 5-year $200 million Term Loan A (collectively, the “2022 Credit Facility”). The Company incurred debt issuance costs of $3.3 million associated with the 2022 Credit Facility. On July 2, 2025, the Company extinguished all outstanding Term Loan A debt under the 2022 Credit Facility. The then-outstanding Term Loan A aggregate principal balance of $177.5 million, plus accrued interest, was paid in full utilizing a portion of the proceeds received from the June 27, 2025 public equity offering, which is described further in Note 11. The Company incurred a loss on the extinguishment of the debt of $0.5 million during the three months ended September 28, 2025 related to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs. This loss is included in Other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The undrawn $200 million revolving credit facility under the 2022 Credit Facility remained active and available to the Company through the February 20, 2026 refinancing described below.

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    The 2022 Credit Facility was governed by a Credit Agreement (the “2022 Credit Agreement”), which established a 5-year senior secured credit facility which was comprised of a $200 million Revolving Credit Facility (which included sub-facilities for the incurrence of up to $10.0 million of swingline loans and the issuance of up to $50.0 million of Letters of Credit) and the $200 million Term Loan A. The 2022 Credit Agreement contemplated uncommitted incremental credit facilities of up to $200 million (which amount would be reduced by the aggregate amount of any and all incremental credit facilities actually established under the 2022 Credit Agreement) plus additional uncommitted incremental capacity subject to a limitation based on the Company’s pro forma total net leverage ratio (including any such additional uncommitted incremental capacity).

    Borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the term loan credit facility may take the form of base rate loans or Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) loans. Base rate loans under the 2022 Credit Agreement bore interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time in effect plus the highest of (i) the Agent’s (as defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement) prime lending rate, as in effect at such time, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate (as defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement), as in effect at such time, plus 0.50%, (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR (as defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement) for a one-month tenor in effect on such day, plus 1.00% and (iv) 1.00%. SOFR loans will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin from time to time in effect plus the Adjusted Term SOFR for an Interest Period (as defined in the 2022 Credit Agreement) selected by the Company of one, three or six months. The Applicable Margin varied between 1.25% and 2.25% per annum for SOFR loans and between 0.25% and 1.25% per annum for base rate loans, and is based on the Company’s total net leverage ratio from time to time.

    The 2022 Credit Agreement contained certain covenants, which included, but were not limited to, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, restricted payments, asset sales, and investments, and placed limits on various other payments. The Company was in compliance with the covenants contained in the 2022 Credit Agreement as of the February 20, 2026 refinancing described below.

    On April 28, 2023, the Company entered into an interest rate swap contract to hedge U.S. dollar-one month Term SOFR in order to fix the interest rate movements associated with the Company’s Term Loan A. The initial hedge amount was $195.0 million and amortized in accordance with Term Loan A. The swap was at a fixed rate of one-month term SOFR of 3.721% and settled monthly on the last day of each calendar month. The swap had an effective date of May 1, 2023 and was scheduled to terminate on May 1, 2026. On June 30, 2025, in anticipation of the extinguishment of Term Loan A, the Company terminated the swap. The Company received a payment of approximately $0.3 million representing the termination value of the swap. Refer to Note 14 for further discussion of the accounting treatment of the swap arrangement.

    On February 20, 2026, the Company completed the refinancing of its 2022 Credit Facility with a new 5-year $300 million Revolving Credit Facility described below. There were no outstanding borrowings under the 2022 Credit Facility subsequent to the repayment in full of the Term Loan A under the 2022 Credit Facility on July 2, 2025. The outstanding letters of credit under the 2022 Credit Facility were transferred to the 2026 Credit Agreement described below.
     
    (b) 2026 Credit Facility

    On February 20, 2026, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “2026 Credit Agreement”), by and among
    the Company, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), and
    PNC Bank, National Association (the “Administrative Agent”), in its capacity as administrative agent, and as swingline loan
    lender and issuing lender. The 2026 Credit Agreement establishes a five-year senior secured credit facility which is comprised
    of a $300 million revolving credit facility (which includes sub-facilities for the incurrence of up to $35.0 million of swingline
    loans and the issuance of up to $50.0 million of Letters of Credit). Letters of credit outstanding under the 2022 Credit
    Agreement will be transferred to the 2026 Credit Agreement. The 2026 Credit Agreement contemplates uncommitted
    incremental credit facilities of up to $135.0 million. As of March 29, 2026, the Company has no amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, with $300.0 million remaining in borrowing capacity, less approximately $31.2 million of letters of credit outstanding.

    The Company’s obligations under the 2026 Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Guarantors (as defined in the 2026 Credit Agreement). The Company’s obligations under the 2026 Credit Agreement and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guaranty and Security Agreement (as defined in the 2026 Credit Agreement) are secured by first priority security interests in all assets of the loan parties that have executed the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

    Borrowings under the revolving credit facility may take the form of base rate loans or SOFR loans. Base rate loans
    under the 2026 Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin (as defined in
    the 2026 Credit Agreement) from time to time in effect plus the highest of (i) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate (as defined in
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    the 2026 Credit Agreement), as in effect at such time, plus 0.50%, (ii) the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate, as in
    effect at such time, and (iii) the Daily Simple SOFR (as defined in the 2026 Credit Agreement) plus 1.00%, so long as Daily
    Simple SOFR is offered, ascertainable and not unlawful. SOFR loans will bear interest a rate per annum equal to the sum of the
    Applicable Margin from time to time in effect plus the Term SOFR Rate for an Interest Period (as defined in the 2026 Credit
    Agreement) selected by the Company of one (1), three (3) or six (6) months. The Applicable Margin varies between 1.00% and
    2.00% per annum for SOFR loans and between 0.00% and 1.00% per annum for base rate loans, and is based on the Company’s
    total net leverage ratio from time to time.

    The 2026 Credit Agreement contains certain covenants, which include, but are not limited to, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, restricted payments, asset sales, and investments, and places limits on various other payments.

    Events of default under the terms of the 2026 Credit Agreement include, but are not limited to:

    • Failure of the Company to pay any principal of any loans in full when due and payable;

    • Failure of the Company to pay any interest on any loan or any fee or other amount payable under the 2026 Credit
    Agreement within five business days after the date when due and payable;

    • Failure of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to comply with certain covenants and agreements, subject to
    applicable grace periods and/or notice requirements; and

    • Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in or
    in connection with the 2026 Credit Agreement or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document submitted to
    the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by the Company or the Guarantors pursuant to or in connection with the 2026 Credit
    Agreement or any other loan document shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect (other than any representation or
    warranty that is expressly qualified by a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the 2026 Credit Agreement) or other materiality,
    in which case such representation or warranty shall prove to be incorrect in any respect) when made or deemed made or
    submitted.

    Subject to certain notice requirements and other conditions, upon the occurrence of an event of default, commitments
    may be terminated and the principal of, and interest then outstanding on, all of the loans may become immediately due and
    payable; however, where an event of default arises from certain bankruptcy events, the commitments shall automatically and
    immediately terminate and the principal of, and interest then outstanding on, all of the loans shall become immediately due and
    payable.

    In connection with the execution of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the 2026 Credit Agreement,
    the 2022 Credit Agreement was terminated.

    Pursuant to the 2026 Credit Agreement, the Company is subject to certain restrictions on its ability to pay dividends or
    make other distributions or payments on account of any redemption, retirement or purchase of any capital stock.

    The Company has capitalized and is amortizing the debt issuance costs over the term of the facility. The unamortized balance at March 29, 2026 and December 28, 2025 were $1.4 million and $0.4 million respectively.

    Other Liquidity Matters
     
    We believe that our cash on hand, together with funds available under the undrawn $300.0 million revolving credit facility under the 2026 Credit Facility and cash expected to be generated from operating activities, will be sufficient to fund our anticipated working capital and other cash needs for at least the next 12 months. As discussed below and in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated in the past and may vary in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside our control. If the conditions in our industry deteriorate or our customers cancel or postpone projects or if we are unable to sufficiently increase our revenues or further reduce our expenses, we may experience a significant long-term negative impact to our financial results and cash flows from operations. In such a situation, we could fall out of compliance with our financial and other covenants, which, if not waived, could limit our liquidity and capital resources.

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    Critical Accounting Principles and Estimates
     
    The foregoing discussion of our financial condition and results of operations is based on the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, sales and expenses, and the related disclosures of contingencies. We base these estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

    Our results of operations for the three months ended March 29, 2026, include the activity of Nomad Global Communication Solutions, Incorporated ("Nomad GCS"), which was acquired on February 11, 2026, and Orbit Technologies, Ltd. ("Orbit"), which was acquired on March 2, 2026.

    In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the initial purchase price allocations for these acquisitions are provisional as of March 29, 2026. Due to the proximity of these transactions to our fiscal quarter end, we have not yet completed the identification and valuation of specific intangible assets. Consequently, for both the Nomad GCS and Orbit acquisitions, the excess of the purchase consideration over the preliminary fair value of both the net tangible and intangible assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill.

    The process of identifying and valuing intangible assets requires significant management judgment and the use of estimates, including projected future cash flows and appropriate discount rates. These provisional estimates are subject to change during the measurement period (not to exceed one year from the acquisition dates) as additional information is obtained.

    Any future allocation of value from non-amortizing goodwill to finite-lived identifiable intangible assets will likely result in an increase in amortization expense in future periods and may impact our deferred tax accounts. We will continue to evaluate the provisional amounts recognized for these acquisitions at each reporting period during the measurement period to determine if any adjustments are necessary based on new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition dates. We expect to refine these provisional amounts as the formal valuation processes for both acquisitions progresses.

    There have been no other significant changes to our “Critical Accounting Policies or Estimates” as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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    Recent insider activity

    Last 90 days. Open-market trades (purchases & sales) by directors, officers, and 10%+ owners. 23 transactions across 11 insiders. Net: -188,278 shares, -$11,966,613.

    Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value
    2026-06-08 Fendley Steven S. President, US Division Sell -35,000 ×2 $58.23 -$2,038,204
    2026-06-05 Carter David M President, DRSS Division Sell -4,000 ×4 $59.16 -$236,659
    2026-06-01 Lund Deanna H EVP & CFO Sell -5,000 ×4 $63.74 -$318,676
    2026-05-28 Rock Stacey G President, KTT Division Sell -4,000 ×4 $65.47 -$261,872
    2026-05-26 Fendley Steven S. President, US Division Sell -7,000 ×3 $57.24 -$400,693
    2026-05-26 Doorenbos Bobbi Director Sell -2,500 $57.29 -$143,225
    2026-05-26 Adelman Jonah President, ME Division Sell -31,348 $57.06 -$1,788,626
    2026-05-15 Mendoza Marie SVP & General Counsel Sell -1,013 $53.49 -$54,185
    2026-05-15 Carrai Phillip D President, STC Division Sell -6,500 ×2 $52.13 -$338,847
    2026-05-15 Boyd Bradley L Director Sell -3,000 $52.08 -$156,240
    2026-05-07 Carter David M President, DRSS Division Sell -4,000 ×5 $58.00 -$232,003
    2026-05-01 Lund Deanna H EVP & CFO Sell -5,000 ×2 $62.10 -$310,479
    2026-04-28 Rock Stacey G President, KTT Division Sell -4,000 ×2 $61.03 -$244,100
    2026-04-27 Fendley Steven S. President, US Division Sell -7,000 $61.64 -$431,451
    2026-04-16 Jarvis Scot B Director Sell -5,417 $75.90 -$411,150
    2026-04-15 Carrai Phillip D President, STC Division Sell -6,500 ×3 $74.72 -$485,693
    2026-04-15 Mendoza Marie SVP & General Counsel Sell -1,500 $75.69 -$113,535
    2026-04-08 Carter David M President, DRSS Division Sell -4,000 ×5 $74.16 -$296,625
    2026-04-01 HOGLUND WILLIAM A indirect Director Sell -30,500 ×3 $71.19 -$2,171,297
    2026-04-01 Lund Deanna H EVP & CFO Sell -5,000 ×5 $69.63 -$348,130
    2026-03-30 Fendley Steven S. President, US Division Sell -7,000 ×4 $69.59 -$487,120
    2026-03-26 Jarvis Scot B Director Sell -5,000 $78.14 -$390,700
    2026-03-26 Rock Stacey G President, KTT Division Sell -4,000 ×3 $76.78 -$307,103

    Source: SEC Form 4 filings.

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