Le système ARC développé par PowerLight transmet près de 1 kW de puissance laser au drone K1000ULE à une altitude de 1 500 mètres, optimisant ainsi le temps de mission.

Award-ready designation gives U.S. government agencies a faster route to pursue long-endurance unmanned aircraft capability RENO, Nev., Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kraus Hamdani Aerospace (KHA) today announced that its K1000ULE platform is award-ready on the Army Applications Laboratory’s DevX Autonomy Marketplace. For government teams that need airborne awareness and connectivity, the designation creates a potential direct-to-award pathway to acquire the aircraft without starting a new competitive solicitation. The fully electric K1000ULE is the world’s longest-endurance fully electric Group 2 UAS, delivering persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), resilient communications, and electronic warfare capabilities from a single autonomous platform. The open […]

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's K1000ULE platform is now award-ready on the Army Applications Laboratory's DevX Autonomy Marketplace, expediting government access to unmanned aircraft capabilities.

Volatus Aerospace and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace will introduce the K1000ULE ultra-long-endurance drone to Canada, targeting wildfire intelligence and Arctic operations.

Volatus Aerospace and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace partner to deploy the K1000ULE for Canadian wildfire detection and defense.

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace and PowerLight Technologies demonstrated laser-based wireless charging for the K1000ULE drone at Shaw Air Force Base in 2026.

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace secured a $270M contract to deploy the solar-powered K1000ULE drone for ISR and communications in the Middle East.

PowerLight Technologies and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace advance laser power beaming to wirelessly charge drones, targeting indefinite flight endurance by 2026.

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Having previously demonstrated a flight endurance of more than 75h, the uncrewed K1000ULE is meant as an airborne communications retransmission node or a platform for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The US Air Force’s Middle East headquarters plans to field a new solar-powered uncrewe

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has won a Pentagon contract to provide K1000ULE solar-powered unmanned aircraft to the Army and Joint Special Operations Command.

The first flight of the Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE of Project Convergence 2022 is currently tracking via ADS-B over NAWS China Lake's South Range. #ADSB #0200F1 https://t.co/eCm6PREALH

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has won a Pentagon contract to provide K1000ULE solar-powered unmanned aircraft to the Army and Joint Special Operations Command.

The K1000ULE drone is positioned to provide Group 2 and Group 3 UAS capabilities with a logistics footprint of Group 2 UAS.

The K1000ULE broke endurance records with a three-day flight and has featured in multiple military exercises. “We’ve proven ourselves to the warfighter across multiple AORs,” Kraus Hamdani CEO Fatema Hamdani told Breaking Defense.

K1000ULE demonstrates cross-country electric UAS operations with relay connectivity at Pendleton UAS Range for Army 1st MDTF deployment.

The US Department of Defense has included Kraus Hamdani Aerospace’s K1000ULE uncrewed aerial system (UAS) on its Blue UAS Cleared List and Blue UAS Select

Kraus Hamdani’s K1000ULE long range drone joins the Pentagon’s Blue UAS Cleared List, providing a secure long range option.

The K1000ULE broke endurance records with a three-day flight and has featured in multiple military exercises. “We’ve proven ourselves to the warfighter across multiple AORs,” Kraus Hamdani CEO Fatema ...