California tech company opens facility in York

California-based Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company specializing in defense and national security, recently opened a 167,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in York. The company plans to purchase more than $7 million in equipment to further expand production capability.

The facility expands the company’s existing Pennsylvania operations to three facilities and more than 440 employees. It also expands the company’s capability for advanced manufacturing, systems integration and testing.

Expansion is part of the company’s continued investment in American manufacturing and its commitment to deliver warfighter-ready capabilities that strengthen the nation’s defense industrial base.

“This expansion marks another important milestone in continuing to grow Kratos’ capability to provide mil-spec hardware for national defense and mission critical programs,” Eric DeMarco, Kratos president and CEO, said. “Pennsylvania has proven to be an exceptional manufacturing hub, including a highly skilled workforce, and this investment positions Kratos to continue delivering affordable, high-performance, leading technology systems that address our nation’s most pressing security challenges.”

Kratos’ Pennsylvania facilities engineer, manufacture and test mission-critical, military-grade hardware that support certain air defense, missile, radar and counter-unmanned aircraft system initiatives by delivering complex equipment for directed energy weapons, missile transporters, mobile missile launcher systems, hypersonic systems and strategic system radar platforms.