R&D expense · 2011–2025

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions R&D expense

$40.0M−0.7% · FY2025

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) reported $40.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.7% year on year.

$8.6M2011$17.8M2012$19.7M2013$18.6M2014$16.2M2015$13.9M2016$17.8M2017$15.6M2018$18.0M2019$27.0M2020$35.2M2021$38.6M2022$38.4M2023$40.3M2024$40.0M2025
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-28$40.0M−0.7%Open →
FY20242024-12-29$40.3M+4.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$38.4M−0.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-25$38.6M+9.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-26$35.2M+30.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-27$27.0M+50.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-29$18.0M+15.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-30$15.6M−12.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$17.8M+28.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-25$13.9M−14.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-27$16.2M−12.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-28$18.6M−5.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-29$19.7M+10.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-30$17.8M+107.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-25$8.6M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +11.6%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Kratos Defense \& Security Solutions R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/kratos-defense-and-security-solutions/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001069258-26-000013 · February 23, 2026

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