Kuat Drive Yards

The Kuat Drive Yards logo.

Kuat Drive Yards is the largest military shipbuilding corporation in the fictional Star Wars universe and owns several subsidiary corporations including Kuat Systems Engineering and Rothana Heavy Engineering (the latter of which provided armament and ships for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's clone army during the Clone Wars). KDY is one of the few major corporations which sided with the Galactic government during the Clone Wars, against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Kuat Drive Yards' major competitors for major military contracts during the Imperial reign included Sienar Fleet Systems and Corellian Engineering Corporation. KDY orbits the planet of Kuat, which is its namesake.

After the Galactic Civil War, the New Republic took control of Kuat Drive Yards and the company began production of spaceships for the Republic. However, some factories of Kuat Drive Yards continued building Star Destroyers and Walkers for the Imperial Remnant.

The main shipyards in the Kuat system actually ring the entirety of the system and in terms of sheer manufacturing ability it was first among equals.

KDY also sells planetary turbolasers, which, according to their catalog, form the "first, last, and only line of defense" for a planet.

The Bounty Hunter Wars

In K.W. Jeter's series The Bounty Hunter Wars, it is revealed that KDY is owned and run by a man named Kuat of Kuat. Throughout the course of the three books, KDY factors heavily into the activities of the galaxy primarily through constructing and repairing ships for many different factions. Any ship serviced or constructed in these yards, save the Slave I or ships constructed for the Galactic Empire, are fixed with a device that allows KDY to track and find the ship, and even shut it down via a remote signal.

Due to a series of failed gambits, Kuat attempts to destroy the yard rather than let anyone take it over. However, the bounty hunter Boba Fett took a Star Destroyer and fled the yard, preventing the self destruction Kuat desired, leaving 80% of the yard intact. This allowed the Rebel Alliance to take over the remaining yard, as Kuat had previously ordered all his personnel to flee.

Subsidiaries

Rothana Heavy Engineering

Rothana Heavy Engineering primarily served the Old Republic by producing the majority of its vehicles during the Clone Wars. This subsidiary was in operation prior to and during the Clone Wars. It had a contract with the cloners on Kamino and created war machines for the Galactic Republic's clone trooper army. It was based on the planet Rothana.

Some of Rothana's products include:
*Republic Gunship (LAAT gunship, with infantry, cargo and vehicle variants)
*All Terrain Assault Walkers (AT-TE, AT-HE, AT-XT and the Republic - or prototype - AT-AT)
Acclamator-class assault ship
*SPHA-T walker (Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery - Turbolaser)
*TX-130s fighter tank

Kuat Systems Engineering

This subsidiary was in operation toward the end of the Old Republic. It built Slave I, the ship used by the bounty hunters Jango and Boba Fett. KSE was sold off to a group of supposed Imperial loyalists after the Battle of Endor; however, these investors turned out to be Vaathkree merchants with ties to the New Republic.

Some of KSE's products included:
*Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
*Eta-2 Actis Interceptor
*Alpha-3 Nimbus-class Starfighter
*CloakShape Fighter
*Firespray-class Patrol and Attack Ship

Core Galaxy Systems

(Bought out by KDY)

Products

Vehicles

Starfighters

(most of KDY's starfighter lines were sold to Sienar Fleet Systems following the Jedi Purge)
*A-9 Vigilance
*Delta-7 Aethersprite
*Eta-2 Actis Starfighter
*V-Wing Starfighter
*CloakShape Fighter

Walkers

*AT-AT
*AT-PT
*AT-TE
*MT-AT
*SPHA-T/-I/-P

Capital Ships

*Nebulon-B Frigate
*Lancer-Class Frigate
*The Star Destroyer line of capital ships, including
** Venator class Star Destroyers (Lucasfilm marketing name "Republic Attack Cruiser")
** Acclamator-class Assault Ship
** Legacy class Star Destroyer
** Imperial/Imperator class Star Destroyers (Lucasfilm marketing name "Imperial Star Destroyer")
** Tector class Star Destroyers
** Allegiance class Star Destroyer Leaders
** Super class Star Cruisers
** Sovereign class Star Dreadnoughts
** Executor class Star Dreadnoughts (Lucasfilm marketing name "Super Star Destroyer")
** Eclipse class Star Dreadnoughts
** "Kuat Drive Yards Flagship" as seen in The Mandalorian Armor (no specific size or class given)
** And many other ships of multiple sizes(an unrelated Star Destroyer design, the Victory class, was designed and built by competitor Rendili StarDrive)

Repulsorcraft

*LAAT-I/-C

Ground Assault Craft

*HAVw Juggernaut Troop Carrier

Weapons

*v-150 Planet Defender
*w-165 Planetary Turbolaser

Defense Systems

*KDY ISD-72x Deflector Shield Generator Domes