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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, May 14th, 2026

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

Pictured is Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 14.

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. When U.S. strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, CENTCOM's Task Force Scorpion Strike launched the delta wing FLM-136 LUCAS drones, the first one-way attack drones employed in conflict by the U.S. (Defense Daily, Feb. 28). LUCAS is a reverse engineered Iranian HESA Shahed 136 and can be deployed by…

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