US Air Forces Central Expands Reach With Ultra-Long-Endurance Drone

US Air Forces Central (AFCENT) is scaling up its unmanned reach in the air after awarding a $270 million contract to Kraus Hamdani Aerospace for the K1000ULE long-endurance aerial system.

The K1000ULE is an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone capable of carrying multiple payloads and deploying from a compact boxed configuration to flight in just 10 minutes.

Solar-powered, it is described as the “longest-endurance” unmanned aerial system in its size and weight class globally.

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