Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Unmanned Systems Division recently received an approximate $23 million production award for a new high performance, jet powered unmanned aerial drone system which has been under development. The majority of work to be performed under this new contract award is expected to be executed over the approximate next 12 months. This contract award is the initial year’s production, with multiple years of additional annual production expected thereafter. Work under this program will be performed at secure Kratos production facilities and at customer locations.