Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) executive compensation
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KTOS · San Diego, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Eric DeMarco

Latest say-on-pay support

May 12, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of November 4, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 15, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Who is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' chief executive and what were they paid?

Eric DeMarco, President and Chief Executive Officer, received $10,832,739 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. DeMarco's total moved 47.1% higher from the $7,363,445 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' say-on-pay result?

Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 96.9% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 12, 2026 for fiscal 2025.

Which companies are in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' peer group?

The disclosed peer group names AeroVironment, Inc., Ducommun Incorporated, Leonardo DRS, Mercury Systems, Inc. and Palantir Technologies, Inc., among others.

What is Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 107.6:1, against median employee compensation of $100,714.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Eric DeMarco President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Deanna Lund Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Steven Fendley President, Unmanned Systems Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Phillip Carrai President, Space, Training & Cyber Solutions Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonah Adelman President, Microwave Electronics Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Eric DeMarco President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Deanna Lund Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Phillip Carrai President, Space, Training Cyber Solutions	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Steven Fendley President, Unmanned Systems	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonah Adelman President, Microwave Electronics	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Eric DeMarco President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Deanna Lund Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Steven Fendley President, Unmanned Systems Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Phillip Carrai President, Space, Training & Cyber Solutions Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Jonah Adelman President, Microwave Electronics Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Eric DeMarco President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Deanna Lund Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Steven Fendley President, Unmanned Systems Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Phillip Carrai President, Space, Training & Cyber Solutions Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Stacey Rock President, Turbine Technologies Division	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Deanna Lund	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇
Eric DeMarco	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇
Phillip Carrai	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇
Stacey Rock	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇
Steven Fendley	PSU	◇	—	◇	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Eric DeMarco	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Deanna Lund	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Steven Fendley	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Phillip Carrai	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Stacey Rock	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
William Hoglund Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Scot Jarvis	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Scott Anderson	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Amy Zegart	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Bobbi Doorenbos	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Bradley Boyd	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Deanna Lund, Eric DeMarco and David King served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board chair premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇
Nominating and governance member	◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV
Ducommun Incorporated DCO
Leonardo DRS DRS
Mercury Systems, Inc. MRCY
Palantir Technologies, Inc. PLTR
Parsons Corporation PSN
V2X (formerly Vectrus, Inc.) symbol not shown
VSE Corporation VSEC

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 12, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	May 14, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 21, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 24, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	June 14, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 26, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	June 4, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 9, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- Eric DeMarco (President and Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $10,832,739 (base salary $1,000,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001069258-26-000040, filed 2026-04-02]

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Where Kratos Defense & Security Solutions sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.

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201 figures on this page: 193 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.

193 cited to the filing

8 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed May 15, 2026
0001069258-26-000064
DEF 14A, filed April 2, 2026
0001069258-26-000040
Director Compensation table · Outstanding Equity Awards at December 28, 2025 · Summary Compensation Table · THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR
8-K, filed May 19, 2025
0001069258-25-000031
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 4, 2025
0001069258-25-000018
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 24, 2024
0001069258-24-000042
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed April 11, 2024
0001069258-24-000026
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 26, 2023
0001069258-23-000034
DEF 14A, filed April 14, 2023
0001069258-23-000013
8-K, filed June 17, 2022
0001069258-22-000037
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 27, 2021
0001069258-21-000024
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed June 5, 2020
0001069258-20-000025
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed May 10, 2019
0001069258-19-000020
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Peers Kratos Defense & Security Solutions discloses

The companies named in KTOS's own disclosed peer group.

AeroVironment, Inc.Ducommun Incorporated Leonardo DRS Mercury Systems, Inc.Palantir Technologies, Inc.Parsons Corporation VSE Corporation

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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