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Robert Winkler Joins Kratos as Vice President of Corporate Development & National Security Programs
SAN DIEGO, April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider,
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that Robert Winkler, former Professional Staff Member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and staff-lead for the Air Land Subcommittee, has joined Kratos as Vice President of Corporate Development & National Security Programs. In this role, Winkler will focus on developing strategies for aligning Kratos’ development efforts with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Congressional, and Executive Branch priorities, as well as communicating the value of Kratos’ low-cost, high-performance technology, solutions, and breakthroughs to national defense and governmental leaders. “I have been tremendously impressed by the innovation I have seen across Kratos and, particularly, in the strategically critical areas of Tactical UAVs, space systems and hypersonics,” said Winkler. “Kratos’ work with affordable drones, such as the Valkyrie and Mako, is changing the way the national security community and the world at large are thinking about warfighting in an unmanned world. In the space domain, Kratos’ OpenSpace virtual ground system technology is the most advanced solution I have seen that directly addresses growing management and operating concerns as space becomes a more crowded and contested environment. I am excited about the future of Kratos and to join the team.” Winkler has more than 25 years of military and legislative experience. In his most recent position with the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Winkler was responsible for oversight of all U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army programs, as well as DoD space activities including U.S. Space Force and Space Command, manned and unmanned aviation, electro-magnetic spectrum operations, warfighting networks and hypersonic/counter-hypersonic weapons development within the Pentagon. In previous roles, he served as the Director of the Weapons Systems Division for the U.S. Air Force Legislative Liaison Office, as Special Assistant to the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), and as Commander of both an F-16 Fighter Squadron and an Operations Group comprised of fighter & air control squadrons dedicated to all aspects of flight operations in NATO. Winkler holds a B.S. in Engineering from the Universi...