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The drone's development comes as the Pentagon pushes to procure and field inexpensive drones to keep pace with adversaries.
This isn’t a brief affair. The conflict is expected to last for days, possibly weeks. This is where AeroVironment enters the picture.
The drones were launched by CENTCOM’s Task Force Scorpion Strike, which was specifically formed to develop and deploy one-way attack drones at scale.
America's clone of Iran's Shahed-136 had been used against Iran in an ironic vignette of modern drone warfare.
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UAE: Hundreds drones intercepted from Iran, at least 21 hit civilian targets
Despite the interception of the majority of projectiles, however, the UAE was unable to prevent several drones from hitting civilian targets in the country.
FNC's Jennifer Griffin reports from the Pentagon about the attack on Iran overnight:
Security officials say easy access by guerrilla groups to commercial drones, cheaply modified into deadly weapons, has put the nation’s army on its heels.
The US military is using the new LUCAS attack drones during Operation Epic Fury, United States Central Command announced on X/Twitter on Saturday night. It was the platform’s first operational use after being unveiled in late 2025.