SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LAKE EDWARD M (Last) (First) (Middle) 5050 MURPHY CANYON ROAD SUITE 2000 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92123 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/28/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. [ KTOS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice President	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock(1)	33,957	I	Edward M. & Stina I Lake JT TEN
Common Stock	6,291(1)	I	Edward M. Lake and Stina Sundberg Lake JTWROS
Common Stock	40,885(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Convertible Note(2)	02/14/2006	02/14/2009	Common Stock	8,736	2.86	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Common stock of Issuer issued to reporting person in exchange for shares of SYS surrendered by 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.

2. Convertible Note assumed by Issuer in connection with its acquisition of SYS on June 28, 2008.

	Edward M. Lake, by Matthew G. Colvin, Attorney-In-Fact	07/07/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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