Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a leader in US defence, national security and global markets, has announced the addition of a 40,000-square-foot facility (3,700 m²) to the Oxmoor Valley campus. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the facility will include housing office, electro-mechanical systems and integration space. This new facility brings the total space occupied by Kratos on the Oxmoor campus to approximately 150,000 square feet (13,935 square metres).

This expansion is fuelled by continued growth in demand for Kratos’ defense and national security programme. Alabama is a suitable location for its skilled workforce, advanced manufacturing base and role in supporting US defence readiness.

The opening aims to strengthen the company’s support for the US defence industrial base. Oxmoor Valley campus is also home to laboratories where Kratos develops defence systems such as strategic deterrence systems, missiles, space and satellite communications, intelligence technologies and more.

Michael Johns, Senior Vice President of Kratos Southern Research Engineering (SRE, a business acquired by Kratos in 2022), said, “We are excited to continue our rapid expansion in the Birmingham area since the acquisition by Kratos three years ago. We have doubled the workforce in that time and will continue to position ourselves for additional growth by adding state-of-the-art facilities to match the top talent we are hiring.”

The new facility will enable the development of products in this sector, including Horus, a high-altitude intelligence surveillance reconnaissance imaging system, Cradle, a mobile bistatic radar communications platform, and UltraSpec, a non-destructive inspection technology for advanced composite materials.