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The industry ledger

Every dated fact behind the news — acquisitions, contracts, certifications, first flights, appointments — one stream, cut any way you need: by theme, country, sector, program or date. A filtered view is a URL: bookmark it and it becomes your standing query.

The industry ledger is an Analytics feature

Ask questions the news pages can’t answer — every acquisition touching one country this year, every certification in a sector, every appointment on a program’s suppliers — each answer sourced, dated and linked. A worked example runs below.

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Worked example — Corporate events across the industry, last 6 months. Analytics subscribers set every filter.
All events · Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
08/10/2026 Contract award PowerLight Technologies received a follow-on award from the Department of War's OE-I Directorate to advance a field-deployable Aerial ReCharge (ARC) laser power beaming system for UAS. PowerLight Tech (was LaserMotive)Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
05/08/2026 Partnership agreement signed Volatus Aerospace and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace signed a Strategic Partnership establishing Volatus as Canadian Strategic Partner for the K1000ULE and ATNE++ systems. Volatus AerospaceKraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
20/04/2026 Technology demonstrator PowerLight Technologies and KHA successfully demonstrated high-power, long-range wireless laser power beaming to a KHA K1000ULE fixed-wing UAS in flight at Shaw Air Force Base. PowerLight Tech (was LaserMotive)Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
16/12/2025 Ground test milestone PowerLight Technologies successfully completed subsystem testing of its end-to-end laser power beaming system for UAS under the PTROL-UAS programme sponsored by CENTCOM. PowerLight Tech (was LaserMotive)Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
11/12/2024 Government funding award The DOD's Operational Energy Prototyping Fund awarded PowerLight Technologies up to $5M for the PTROL-UAS wireless power beaming demonstration programme. PowerLight Tech (was LaserMotive)Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
30/10/2024 Contract award Kraus Hamdani Aerospace was awarded a $20 million contract through the DoD's APFIT program to produce and deliver K1000ULE UAS to US Army Pacific and Joint Special Operations Command. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
27/11/2023 MoU signed Reticulate Micro signed an MOU with Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to integrate Reticulate Micro's VAST technology within KHA unmanned aerial platform applications. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc.RMX Industries (was Reticulate Micro) Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE
08/11/2021 Contract award Amprius Technologies secured commercial orders from Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to supply 405 Wh/kg battery cells through end of 2021 and into 2022. Amprius TechnologiesKraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. Kraus Hamdani Aerospace K1000ULE