Facts

• Company: Kraus Hamdani Aerospace
• Product type: Unmanned Aerial System
• Status: available
• Website: https://www.khaero.com/k1000ule

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

K1000ULE is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace ultra-long-endurance electric UAV. It is designed for persistent sensing over large or remote environments and can be paired with mission software for coordinated unmanned operations.

Overview

K1000ULE is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace ultra-long-endurance electric UAV. It is designed for persistent sensing over large or remote environments and can be paired with mission software for coordinated unmanned operations.

Market context

K1000ULE is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's ultra-long-endurance fixed-wing UAS for persistent aerial sensing and field operations.

• Target environment: Remote field sites, border regions, maritime-adjacent surveillance areas and long-duration aerial observation missions.
• Workflow context: Persistent ISR, environmental monitoring, surveillance, mapping and sensor carriage across long-range flight profiles.
• Customer context: Government, defense, security, environmental and infrastructure operators needing endurance over small-drone portability.
• Deployment model: Commercial fixed-wing UAS platform sold around endurance, range and persistent mission support.
• Commercial maturity: Available product with public product page and mission-level positioning.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on airspace permission, launch and recovery workflow, payload fit, endurance claims, maintenance and procurement needs.
• Market position: Ultra-endurance fixed-wing UAS lane between small tactical drones and larger crewed or MALE aircraft systems.
• Adjacent products: AeroVironment Puma, Quantum-Systems Vector, JOUAV CW series, Event 38 E400

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Persistent ISR, environmental monitoring, surveillance, mapping and sensor carriage across long-range flight profiles.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Remote field sites, border regions, maritime-adjacent surveillance areas and long-duration aerial observation missions.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Persistent ISR, environmental monitoring, surveillance, mapping and sensor carriage across long-range flight profiles.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Remote field sites, border regions, maritime-adjacent surveillance areas and long-duration aerial observation missions.

Specifications

• Length: 3 m / 9.8 ft
• Wingspan: 5 m / 16.5 ft
• Endurance: Around 24 hours with typical mission payloads; record flight almost 76 hours under optimal conditions
• Propulsion: Fully electric solar-powered aircraft with in-flight solar recharge
• Launch Recovery: Assemble and launch in minutes
• Operational Role: Ultra-long-endurance ISR and communications UAS for remote or disconnected areas
• Task Scope: Persistent ISR, communications relay, and long-range solar-powered aerial operations
• Communications: Command and control up to 150 km LOS from the GCS; SATCOM capable for beyond-radio-line-of-sight operations
• Payload Options: Open-architecture payloads including ISR sensors, communications relays and MOD payloads
• Operational Environment: Extreme, remote and disconnected defense, border security and industrial monitoring environments
• Range: Command-and-control coverage up to 150 km LOS from the GCS; SATCOM capable for worldwide operations
• Market Availability: Proven operational success across extreme environments and operational worldwide
• Mtow Kg: 19.3 kg

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Workflow: Tactical reconnaissance
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Deployed platform

Timeline / Research

• 2026-04-09 - Contract Award - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace awarded $270 million AFCENT contract to accelerate deployment of K1000ULE - U.S. Air Forces Central awarded Kraus Hamdani Aerospace a $270 million single-source IDIQ…
• 2025-09-09 - Regulatory - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's K1000ULE joins the DoD Blue UAS Cleared List and Blue UAS Select List - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace said the fully electric K1000ULE was added to both the Defense Innovati…
• 2025-06-03 - Demonstration - U.S. Army expands K1000ULE use during Salaknib 25 in the Philippines - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace said the U.S. Army broadened deployment of the K1000ULE across the Indo-Pacific during Exercise…
• 2025-05-05 - Demonstration - K1000ULE supports multi-domain reconnaissance and network extension missions during Balikatan 25 - During Balikatan 25, the K1000ULE supported multi-domain reconnaissance and network extensi…
• 2025-04-11 - Demonstration - U.S. Army soldiers independently operate the K1000ULE during Static Focus 3 - During Static Focus 3, the 1st Multi-Domain Effects Battalion independently operated the K1000ULE for the first…
• 2024-10-30 - Contract Award - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace secures $20 million APFIT contract with the U.S. Army for K1000ULE production and delivery - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace said it received $20 million through the Departm…
• 2024-04-03 - Contract Award - U.S. Navy selects Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's K1000ULE solar-electric VTOL UAS for the Marine Corps Small Unit Remote Scouting System - U.S. Navy PMA 263 selected Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to p…

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Contract Value Usd - $270 million AFCENT contract - 2026-04-09 - AFCENT - long-endurance UAS operations - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace was awarded a $270 million AFCENT contract to accelerate deployment of K1000ULE UAS.
• Contract Value - US$20 million - 2024-10-30 - U.S. Army - defense UAS procurement - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace secured a US$20 million APFIT contract with the U.S. Army for K1000ULE production and delivery.
• Selection Status - selected for SURSS program - 2024-04-03 - U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps - defense UAS procurement - The U.S. Navy selected Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE solar-electric VTOL UAS for the Marine Corps…

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