Small UAS Breaks Endurance Record With Three-Day Flight

K1000ULE

Credit: Kraus Hamdani Aerospace
A seven-year-old company says it has beaten Lockheed Martin’s endurance record for a Group 2-sized uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Kraus Hamdani Aerospace’s 42.5-lb K1000ULE aircraft completed a 75-hr., 53-min. non-stop, unrefueled flight in late July, flying a circular pattern over the U.S. Marine...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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