KHA's K1000ULE Drone Becomes Award-Ready on Army DevX Autonomy Marketplace
Kraus Hamdani Aerospace (KHA) says its K1000ULE unmanned aircraft is now award-ready on the Army Applications Laboratory's DevX Autonomy Marketplace. According to the company, the status gives government buyers a potential direct-to-award path without a new competitive solicitation.
- KHA's K1000ULE is award-ready on the Army Applications Laboratory's DevX Autonomy Marketplace.
- The status creates a potential direct-to-award path that may avoid a new FAR competitive solicitation, subject to agency contracting review.
- The Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security can also request access.
- KHA calls the K1000ULE the world's longest-endurance fully electric Group 2 UAS.
- Access requires a .mil or .gov email address.
What award-ready status means
The designation follows a competitive assessment. According to KHA, the K1000ULE solution completed that process through DevX Autonomy and is now available for government customers to review.
Agencies that have an applicable requirement and funding can engage KHA about their mission needs. They would then work with their own contracting activity on scope, milestones and a potential award. KHA says this route may allow them to proceed without a new competitive solicitation under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), subject to agency contracting review.
DevX Autonomy is described in the release as a digital repository of post-competition, award-ready pitch videos supporting autonomy and unmanned systems development. According to the release, all solutions are assessed through rigorous scoring criteria and competitive procedures.
The K1000ULE aircraft
KHA describes the K1000ULE as the world's longest-endurance fully electric Group 2 UAS. That is the company's own claim. The release says the aircraft delivers persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), resilient communications and electronic warfare capabilities from a single autonomous platform.
An open architecture and modular payload integration let the aircraft adapt to changing mission requirements, according to KHA, while extending awareness and connectivity at the edge.
Who can access it
The marketplace is not limited to the Army. Other U.S. government agencies, including the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security, can request access and pursue an award against the same K1000ULE solution.
Government customers with a .mil or .gov email address can request access through Army Applications Laboratory DevX Autonomy, search for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace and view the six-minute K1000ULE solution video.
KHA, based in Reno, Nevada according to the release dateline, says it builds AI-powered unmanned aerial technologies for defense and commercial customers worldwide. It lists the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, MARSOC and Petroleum Development Oman (Shell Oil & Gas) among its customers.
What it means for buyers
For agencies seeking long-endurance airborne awareness and connectivity, the listing offers a way to shorten the acquisition path. The release is clear that this depends on having a requirement and funding in place, and that any award remains subject to agency contracting review. No contract value or specific purchase was announced.
