The new drone is based on reverse-engineering Iran's Shahed drone. The U.S. military has deployed its first squadron of one-way attack drones to the Middle East, employing a U.S.-built drone that was ...

Having faced continuous drone attacks by Iran and its proxies over the last two years, the US military is responding by standing up its first one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East — and ...

CENTCOM launched Task Force Scorpion Strike will employ the Shahed-like Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones currently based in the Middle East. The U.S. military will employ ...

Experimental AI-enabled FPV attack drones were disappointing in 2024, but the second generation are far more capable and are ...

The US has a new one-way attack drone task force in the Middle East. The Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack Drones resemble Iranian-designed Shahed loitering munitions. LUCAS designs were unveiled at the ...

The U.S. military has deployed its first squadron of one-way attack drones to the Middle East, employing a U.S.-built drone that was reverse-engineered from Iran's Shahed drones that have been used by ...

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Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operating area, Nov. 23, 2025. U.S. Central Command Public Affairs ...