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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Goodwin Ben   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. [ktos] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) President, Public Safety Seg. (Last) (First) (Middle) 13123 CAMINITO POINT 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/13/2009 (Street) DEL MAR, CA 92014 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/13/2009   P   84,028 (1) A $ 0.85 89,535 D   Common Stock (2)               131,054 (2) I (2) Goodwin Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Convertible Note (3)

$ 2.86

02/16/2009

02/16/2010

Common Stock

131,054 (3)

131,054

I

Goodwin Trust

Restricted Stock Units (4)

$ 0

01/02/2010

01/02/2019

Common Stock

75,000 (4)

75,000 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Goodwin Ben 13123 CAMINITO POINT DEL MAR, CA 92014				President, Public Safety Seg.

Signatures

Benjamin M. Goodwin, by Matthew G. Colvin, Attorney-In-Fact		03/17/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Open market acquistion of Issuer's common stock purchased in an open trading window in accordance with the Issuer's insider trading policies.
(2)	Previously reported by the Reporting Person on Form 3 filed July 7, 2008. Common stock of Issuer issued to the Reporting Person in exchange for shares of SYS surrendered by the Reporting Person in connection with Issuer's acquisition of SYS on June 28, 2008 at an exchange rate of 1.2582 shares of Issuer's common stock for each share of SYS common stock.
(3)	Previously reported by the Reporting Person on Form 3 filed July 7, 2008. Convertible Note assumed by Issuer in connection with its acquisition of SYS on June 28, 2008.
(4)	Previously reported by the Reporting Person on Form 4 filed January 6, 2009. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of issuer's common stock. The restricted stock units vest in five equal installments beginning January 2, 2010. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on the first date which is administratively practicable for the distribution of the vested shares after each vesting date.

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