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October 04, 2011

Kratos Secures $1.1 Million Order from U.S. Defense Agencies

Four major U.S. Government agencies have placed sales orders valued at a total of $1.1 million for NeuralStar (News - Alert), a flagship network management and situational awareness software product from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

To create flexible, dynamic dashboards for enhanced management and complete situational awareness, NeuralStar monitors aggregates and integrates mission-critical network availability, cyber security and compliance management data from heterogeneous technologies.

Across large distributed network and field operations, especially those that rely upon a variety of communications, information and security technologies, this allows NeuralStar to provide a Common Operational Picture (COP) for all levels of command, the company stated in a press release.

“All of these agencies function on the frontiers of communications and cyber security operations,” said Phil Carrai, president of Kratos Technologies and Training Solutions. “They include some of the world's largest global networks as well as smaller, highly specialized and in-the-field operations. It is gratifying to see this endorsement of the NeuralStar platform as the standard for highly-secure network management and situational awareness.”

Two of the agencies purchasing NeuralStar rely heavily upon analog-based satellite communications. They can now uniquely and easily integrate management of these systems into their overall communications command and control picture for a unified 360 degree view with the help of NeuralStar.

The names of the agencies were not disclosed due to customer-related and other sensitivities and it was announced that all of them are aligned with critical defense and intelligence operations.

In October 2010, the company announced that it was awarded an $8 million services contract by the U.S. Navy. The services contract allows the company to perform Information Technology Information Assurance and Cybersecurity supporting the Pacific region. Kratos provides mission critical engineering, IT services, strategic communications and war fighter solutions for the U.S. federal government and for state and local agencies.




Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell
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