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Kratos Demonstrates All-Digital Multi-Mission Edge Capability at the 37th Space Symposium
Will Preview the Industry’s First Implementation of DIFI Compliant Digital Terminal Capability Running on COTS Hardware SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE
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[{"type":"text","content":"Will Preview the Industry’s First Implementation of DIFI Compliant Digital Terminal Capability Running on COTS Hardware\nSAN DIEGO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that along with technology partner Kymeta, it will provide live demonstrations of an all-digital multi-mission capability at the 37th Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 4-7. The demonstrations will include Kratos’ OpenSpace™ Satcom and RF Carrier Analysis virtual network functions running on a generic (x86) compute device that is digitally paired with a Kymeta electronically steered antenna (ESA) mounted inside a tactical H2 vehicle. This virtual architecture enables a universally deployable solution within a broad range of resilient ground station and cloud environments. This demonstration highlights the first ever implementation of the industry interoperability standard developed by the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) Consortium inside a terminal application. DIFI members include the U.S. DoD CIO, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Space Force, DISA, as well as key commercial companies, and the standard has already been specified in at least one U.S. defense-related RFP. The industry’s growing adoption of the DIFI standard supports the DoD’s digital transformation goals, as well as freeing operators from the vendor lock-in characterized by proprietary systems. “This demonstration will show that critical satellite network operations can be made increasingly virtual, interoperable and software-defined all the way to the network’s edge,” said Kevin Tobias, Director of Edge Products at Kratos. “It is another step forward in proving that the ground layer can enable multi-orbit networks and multi-mission operations, for example Satcom, space domain awareness (SDA) and ISR together as dynamic, virtualized applications, and all supporting the DoD’s digital transformation goals and JADC2 principles regarding open-standards and interoperability.” Attendees at the 37th Annual Space Symposium can view these industry-first capabilities at the Kratos H2 located on site for demonstrations during exhibit hall hours, April 4-7, 2022. Visit Kratos booth 1140 in Bartolin Hall to schedule a demo. About Kratos OpenSpaceKrato...