Product profile
UVH-500 (KAHU-150)
UVH-500, also marketed as KAHU-150, is a 500-kilogram-class uncrewed helicopter for cargo, surveillance, sensing, relay, and agricultural missions. The pla...
Facts
- Company
- UAVOS
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- Carry cargo and large mission sensors over long ranges
- Website
- https://www.uavos.com/products/vtols/long-range-heavy-lift-kahu-150-vtol-uas/
About UVH-500 (KAHU-150)
UAVOS positions the UVH-500 as an all-terrain VTOL platform capable of night and severe-weather operations. Its payload interfaces support EO/IR sensors, radar, lidar, and hyperspectral packages as well as cargo or spray equipment.
The aircraft can carry up to 160 kilograms including fuel and reach 840 kilometres at the stated cruise condition. Endurance varies sharply with load, from seven hours with a 20-kilogram payload to two hours with 120 kilograms.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Heavy-lift helicopter
Core: 500kg rotorcraft
Function: Carry remote cargo
Audience: Field operators
Specifications
- max_flight_range_km
- 840 km maximum range at 120 km/h cruise
- max_flight_time_minutes
- 420 min maximum with 20 kg payload
- max_payload_kg
- 160 kg maximum payload including fuel
- max_takeoff_weight_kg
- 500 kg maximum takeoff weight
Operations
- Deployment environment
- outdoor_airspace
- Primary user
- Defense, logistics, survey, and agricultural operators
- Workflow
- Carry cargo and large mission sensors over long ranges
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised_autonomy
- Mobility class
- uncrewed_aerial_vehicle
- Product detail
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