Kratos Awarded $1.4 Million Department of Labor Technical Support Contract

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a provider of information technology, information assurance, public safety, and workforce performance services, reportedly has been awarded a $1.4 million task order to provide technical assistance and support to the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Division’s Office of Policy Development and Research.

 

Kratos officials said that through this task order Kratos will provide technical assistance and support in a number of areas including expert advice to assist with policy development activities, budget development, congressional briefing materials and testimony, regulatory activities and management of the ETA Advisory System.

 

Kratos has been providing technical assistance to OPDR in various capacities since 2003.

“We are proud to receive this new award and get this vote of continued confidence from a long-standing customer,” said Phil Carrai, executive vice president of Kratos Information Technology Solutions (News - Alert), in a statement.

 

Carrai said that while many people associate Kratos only with advanced security and defense-oriented solutions, the company’s technology support and workforce performance solutions are relied upon by civilian agencies as well, such as the Department of Labor, Department of Education and the U.S. Forestry Service.

 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions says that it provides mission critical engineering, IT services and war fighter solutions for the U.S. federal government and for state and local agencies.

 

Principal services include C4ISR, weapon systems sustainment, military weapon range operations and technical services, network engineering services, information assurance and cyber-security solutions, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration.

 

Earlier this month, Kratos announced that its Rocket Support Services Business Unit (RSS) located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, successfully launched a total of four rocket targets in two separate launch events from the Pacific Missile Range Facility/Kauai Test Facility in support of joint U.S.-Japan Ballistic Missile Defense events.

 

The first launch of two Aegis Readiness Assessment Vehicle (B variant rockets) occurred on Oct. 13 in order to provide threat-representative surrogates for the event.

 

The second launch of two additional ARAV-Bs occurred the following Friday to further assess the tracking capabilities of the U.S. and Japanese Aegis-equipped ships operating off the Kauai coast.