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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.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
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AFCENT contract
US Army
US Navy/USMC
Technology
Incidents
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace on the deployment map
Where Kraus Hamdani Aerospace's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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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 →
Recent coverage
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace in third-party press
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Common questions
- What is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace?
- 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.
- What does Kraus Hamdani Aerospace make?
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: K1000ULE (Kraus Hamdani Aerospace builds physical robots).
- Where is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace headquartered?
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace is headquartered in California, USA.
- Where does Kraus Hamdani Aerospace operate robots?
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Kraus Hamdani Aerospace ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Kraus Hamdani Aerospace founded?
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace was founded in 2017.
- Is Kraus Hamdani Aerospace safe?
- Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace.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
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace draws attention at the 2nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Jul 20, 2026