Kratos bags US mass transportation security contract

National security solutions provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Public Safety & Security (PSS) unit has received a contract modification from an undisclosed mass transportation authority in a major city and metropolitan area in the US.

The latest modification contract also increases scope to one of the PSS’s existing vital infrastructure security system contracts.

Under the $2.8m contract, PSS will deliver extra equipment and services associated with an electronic security system deployment. Kratos’ PSS division president Ben Goodwin said these important contracts support some of the most challenging requirements in our industry for infrastructure protection.

"A key element of our strategy to grow our business is to win new security system deployment engagements with large municipalities, mass transit authorities and other security conscious enterprises, exceed our customers’ expectations, and gain their confidence to provide us with additional opportunities to address their security and public safety requirements," Goodwin added.

The follow-on order for critical infrastructure security system deployment for increases PSS’s overall programme value to $30m.

Offering mission critical products, solutions and services for the US National Security, Kratos specialises in Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), satellite communication systems, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, missile defence, cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance, and critical infrastructure security.