📢 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: $Kratos Defense & Security(K

📢 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: $Kratos Defense & Security(KTOS.US) Kratos to Manufacture Elroy Air's Chaparral Autonomous Cargo Aircraft

👉 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

➤ 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐬 will manufacture 𝐄𝐥𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐀𝐢𝐫'𝐬 Chaparral cargo aircraft in California.

➤ Elroy Air recently reported a demand pipeline exceeding 𝐈,𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭.

➤ Demand pipeline represents more than $𝟓 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in potential revenue.

➤ First production aircraft is planned for 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

➤ Chaparral carries over 𝐈𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 with up to 𝐈𝟒𝟓𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 range.

➤ Kratos is the exclusive 𝐔.𝐒. manufacturer for Chaparral aircraft.

➤ Sacramento workforce expected to grow from 𝐈𝟒𝟓𝟎 to more than 𝐈𝟓𝟎𝟎 employees.

➤ Chaparral targets both 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 and 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 markets.

➤ Elroy Air recently announced plans to become a 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 company.

👉 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐲, President of Kratos' Unmanned Systems Division:

“At Kratos, we have built our business around rapidly transitioning advanced unmanned aircraft from development into affordable, scalable production. Chaparral represents another example of Kratos leveraging its proven manufacturing capability, established supply chain, and experienced workforce to help bring an innovative aircraft into production at scale. As demand continues to build, our expanding Sacramento facility is well positioned to support both commercial and defense customers while creating additional high-value aerospace jobs in California.”

𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞, CEO of Elroy Air:

“Demand for Chaparral is accelerating across defense, rapid response and commercial logistics and meeting it requires manufacturing at scale. Partnering with Kratos lets us build American-made autonomous cargo drones right here in California, at the pace our customers need.”