POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, Filings

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Eva Yee, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)	Do and perform all acts for and on behalf the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to apply for and
obtain and maintain EDGAR Access Codes to be used on
behalf of the undersigned for Electronic Filing of all
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the "Exchange Act") filings;
2)	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a Section 16(a) Reporting
Officer of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;
3)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and
4)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, or in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact,
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of December, 2010.

		Signature: /s/ David M. Carter

		Name:  David M. Carter


Graphic of Notary Public Seal
Carolyn L. Deveau
Notary Public
Anne Arundel Co., MD
My Comm. Exps. March 24, 2012