Kratos Completes Requirements Review for US Space Force Missile-Tracking Ground System

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions completed a System Requirements Review for the US Space Force’s Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking programme. The review covered the Ground Management and Integration effort, which connects programme satellites with military users, and Kratos said it finished within the planned period.

Key details

• Kratos serves as prime contractor and systems integrator for the ground segment of the Resilient MWT Medium Earth Orbit programme, also known as RMMWT.
• Space Systems Command awarded Kratos a $446.8 million contract in April 2026 to build and operate the GMI architecture for Epoch 1 and Epoch 2 satellites.
• Kratos used digital engineering and model-based systems engineering tools to support requirements development and planning for an open architecture.
• Kratos is integrating its ground system with Space Systems Command’s Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution platform, known as FORGE.
• Space Systems Command’s System Delta 84 manages the Resilient MWT programme.

Space Systems Command awarded Kratos a $446.8 million contract for the Ground Management and Integration architecture in April 2026.

Why it matters

The programme aims to provide multi-orbit satellite coverage for missile warning and tracking, including ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles. Its ground architecture is intended to connect space-based mission data with military users and operational missile defence systems.