Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a
Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global
Markets, announced today that it is partnering with XipLink, Inc.
to enable its market leading network acceleration product, XipOS,
as an orchestrated, cloud-native software module running on Kratos’
OpenSpace dynamic satellite ground platform. Widely used across the
communications industry, XipOS enhances the user experience by
dramatically improving link utilization and network efficiency
while reducing latency effects, improving response time by 30% or
more.
In terrestrial and wireless networks, XipOS is
typically deployed as software, maximizing flexibility, scalability
and responsiveness while also reducing CAPEX costs. In satellite
networks, however, XipOS has traditionally been installed as
separate, dedicated hardware. That is because satcom networks are
still trapped in purpose-built, hardware-based architectures,
rather than the modern, software-defined networks common in the
rest of the communications industry. Kratos’ OpenSpace Platform
changes all that.
OpenSpace is the first and only generally
available software-based ground system for satellite communications
and other space networks. Fully virtualized and orchestrated, the
OpenSpace Platform enables satellite network operators to achieve
their digital transformation goals and mainstream their services
with the rest of the global communications industry. As an
end-to-end software-based system, OpenSpace frees satellite network
operators from the cumbersome limitations of purpose-built
hardware, enabling them to incorporate value-added applications and
respond in minutes to customer needs, multi-mission requirements
and changing conditions.
The partnership with XipLink is a case in point.
OpenSpace Platform users will now benefit from orchestrating XipOS
immediately, on demand as a fully integrated component of their
end-to-end satellite network, from the gateway all the way to the
terminal at the network’s far edge.
“Satellite terminals have historically been
built on dedicated, proprietary hardware devices. As a result,
companies like XipLink were forced to require additional hardware
to deploy their applications, often at both the gateway and remote
locations,” said Kevin Tobias, Director of Edge Product Management
Solutions at Kratos. With OpenSpace and Kratos’ recently introduced
OpenEdgeTM software-enabled satellite terminals, operators can
greatly improve their time to revenue while dramatically reducing
cost and complexity.”
Deployed as cloud native software, OpenSpace
Platform users will get optimal benefit from XipOS features,
including:
- dramatic increase in link
utilization, from 50-70% to 95% or more for connections exceeding
50 milliseconds,
- 30% or better response time for all
connections, even at low latencies,
- session persistence that keeps
connections alive longer, even in the event of minor outages or
link changes and
- full-service orchestration across
the OpenSpace Platform.
“OpenSpace allows satellite operators to take
XipOS out of dedicated hardware and deploy it to full advantage in
a software-defined satellite communications network,” said XipLink
CEO, Jack Waters, “As a result, cloud-native XipOS will provide the
absolute best end user experience over satcom while maximizing
revenue for today’s satellite service providers and the dynamic,
hybrid networks of the future.”
For more information about Kratos’ OpenSpace
dynamic ground platform
visit:https://www.KratosDefense.com/OpenSpaceFor more information
about Xiplink visit: https://www.Xiplink.com
About Kratos OpenSpaceKratos’
OpenSpace family of solutions enables the digital transformation of
satellite ground systems to become a more dynamic and powerful part
of the space network. The family consists of three product lines:
OpenSpace SpectralNet for converting satellite RF signals to be
used in digital environments; OpenSpace quantum products, which are
virtual versions of traditional hardware components; and the
OpenSpace Platform, the first commercially available, fully
orchestrated, software-defined ground system. These three OpenSpace
lines enable satellite operators and other service providers to
implement digital operations at their own pace and in ways that
meet their unique mission goals and business models. For more
information about the OpenSpace family visit
http://KratosDefense.com/OpenSpace.
About Kratos Defense & Security
SolutionsKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
(NASDAQ: KTOS) is a Technology Company that develops and fields
transformative, affordable systems, products and solutions for
United States National Security, our allies and global commercial
enterprises. At Kratos, Affordability is a Technology, and Kratos
is changing the way breakthrough technology is rapidly brought to
market – at a low cost – with actual products, systems and
technologies rather than slide decks or renderings. Through proven
commercial and venture capital backed approaches, including
proactive, internally funded research and streamlined development
processes, Kratos is focused on being First to Market with our
solutions, well in advance of competition. Kratos is the recognized
Technology Disruptor in our core market areas, including Space and
Satellite Communications, Cyber Security and Warfare, Unmanned
Systems, Rocket and Hypersonic Systems, Next-Generation Jet Engines
and Propulsion Systems, Microwave Electronics, C5ISR and Virtual
and Augmented Reality Training Systems. For more information, visit
www.KratosDefense.com.
About XipLink, Inc.XipLink is
the leading independent global technology provider for wireless
link optimization using standards based SCPS protocol acceleration,
streaming data compression and Internet optimizations to deliver a
better wireless experience over stressed communication links.
XipLink is a privately-owned company with headquarters in Montreal,
Quebec (Canada), integration facilities in Ashburn, Virginia (USA)
and field personnel worldwide. For more information, go to
www.Xiplink.com.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsCertain statements in this press release may
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current
beliefs, expectations, and assumptions of the management of Kratos
and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking
statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to
update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Although Kratos believes
that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements
are reasonable, these statements involve many risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from what may be expressed or implied in these forward-looking
statements. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in
these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the
business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended December
25, 2022, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other
filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
Press Contact:Yolanda White858-812-7302
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