The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kraus Hamdani Aerospace: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
American aerospace company developing solar-powered long-endurance UAS. K1000ULE is a solar-electric VTOL drone for ISR missions. Won $270M AFCENT contract. CEO named to Inc. Female Founders 500.
Reality check
Research (company-claimed)
Solar-electric propulsion and laser power beaming.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
CEO
AFCENT (reported, Apr 2026)
US Army (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Fatema Hamdani CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace2 deployments
Recent coverage
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Kraus Hamdani Aerospace.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace x Volatus Aerospace (Canadian Intelligence)withVolatus Aerospacedistribution—operating
- technology—operating
- technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
K1000ULE at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
K1000ULE at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
- Breaking Defense · https://breakingdefense.com
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kraus Hamdani Aerospace from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AFCENT awards Kraus Hamdani $270M for solar-powered long-endurance drones
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace won a $270M single-source IDIQ contract from AFCENT to accelerate deployment of K1000ULE solar-powered drones. CEO Fatema Hamdani leads the company.
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Awarded $270 Million AFCENT Contract
KHA secured $270M AFCENT contract to accelerate deployment of K1000ULE solar-powered long-endurance UAS.
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Wins Contract to Provide the US Navy with its First Electric VTOL UAS
US Navy PMA 263 selected KHA to provide K1000ULE solar-electric VTOL UAS — first electric VTOL for USMC.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kraus-hamdani-aerospace.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kraus-hamdani-aerospace/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d7473f3b-a8be-4cb5-83af-3b8deca86124
- Revision history: /companies/kraus-hamdani-aerospace/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Video
Join us for a lively conversation with Fatema Hamdani, co-founder and CEO of KH Aerospace. Futurists, entrepreneurs, and passionate advocates for advancing women in financial services and AI, we will discuss the balance
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace draws attention at the 8th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -25.2, 87th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 18, 2026