Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is gearing up to move one of its newly acquired communications technology groups into a roughly 35,000-square-foot light-industrial building in Folsom, giving the company more elbow room for microwave and communications manufacturing, assembly and lab work at 140 Blue Ravine Road in the city’s Lake Forest Tech Center.
Kratos Picks Power-Loaded Blue Ravine Site
According to the Sacramento Business Journal, Kratos plans to install the acquired communications group in a roughly 35,000-square-foot unit at 140 Blue Ravine Road. The building is tied into heavy power and is even plumbed for hydrogen, features that brokers and defense-industry players say are increasingly key for electronics and R&D users who need serious infrastructure, not just a basic office shell.
Building Built For Serious Electronics Work
The property is marketed as a 35,072-square-foot light-industrial flex building with about 13,500 square feet of office space, 4,000 amps of power, dock and grade-level loading and dedicated lab and R&D areas, according to the listing brochure. The same brochure lists neighbors such as Agilent, General Dynamics and Voyager Space, highlighting Lake Forest’s growing cluster of aerospace and defense suppliers, per JLL.
Move Tied To Kratos’ Norden Acquisition
Kratos acquired certain assets of Norden Millimeter in early 2025, issuing more than 1.09 million shares as part of the deal, according to the company’s 2025 Form 10-K. Norden’s announcement stated that the existing workforce and management would stay in place as the business folds into Kratos’ microwave and communications operations. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Norden’s notice outline the transaction details and integration plans.
What The Shift Means For Folsom
Bringing a Kratos communications group into Lake Forest Tech Center adds one more defense-oriented tenant to a campus that is already marketed as a fit for R&D and light manufacturing. Brokers behind the property say the combination of location and heavy-power infrastructure helps draw electronics and aerospace suppliers, a point backed up by the roster of neighboring firms listed in the JLL brochure.
