Kratos and Seagate Space Partner to Advance Mobile Offshore Launch Capabilities for National Security Missions
Key Highlights
- ➤Kratos signs long-term Seagate Space agreement for Gateway offshore launch platform
- ➤Kratos plans first Gateway platform mission in 2027
- ➤Seagate Space signs first Gateway platform construction contract
- ➤Gateway platform targets defense launches, hypersonic testing, and missile-target missions
Expert Statements
Dave Carter, President of Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services
“Kratos’ agreement with Seagate Space creates an important new pathway for supporting our customers’ evolving launch and test requirements.”
Dave Carter, President of Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services
“We are focused on delivering affordable, responsive, and mission-critical solutions.”
Dave Carter, President of Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services
“Gateway has the potential to provide our customers with additional launch flexibility, expanded operating locations, and responsive access to mission-relevant test environments.”
Sean Fortener, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Seagate Space
“From the beginning, our vision has been to make access to space as open as the ocean itself.”
Sean Fortener, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Seagate Space
“Partnering with Kratos and moving our first Gateway platform into construction represents a major step towards making that vision a reality.”
Sean Fortener, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Seagate Space
“Kratos brings real mission requirements and decades of defense experience, and Seagate Space is bringing the maritime infrastructure to support them.”
Sean Fortener, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Seagate Space
“With our first build contract signed, we are putting steel behind the vision and moving closer to delivering a capability the industry needs.”
Eric DeMarco, Kratos President and CEO
“Kratos is committed to being first to market with affordable, relevant, mission-focused technology and systems that address the urgent requirements of the United States and its allies.”
Eric DeMarco, Kratos President and CEO
“This partnership with Seagate Space supports our mission and strategy, by creating an additional option for our customers to conduct critical launch and test missions.”
Eric DeMarco, Kratos President and CEO
“Sea-based launch infrastructure can provide flexibility, responsiveness, and operational choice—capabilities increasingly important to national security missions.”
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a technology company in defense, national security, and global markets, today announced a long-term agreement with Seagate Space for use of the company’s initial Gateway(™) offshore launch platform. The agreement supports Kratos’ planned first mission from the platform in 2027, with multiple additional launches anticipated in subsequent years.
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