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U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 23, 2025) 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. The LUCAS platforms are part of a one-way attack drone squadron CENTCOM recently deployed to the Middle East to strengthen regional security and deterrence. (Courtesy Photo)
Air, Military

U.S. Uses Shahed-Class Strike Drone in First Combat Deployment

By Sebastien Roblin

The Pentagon has conducted its first operational combat use of a low-cost, long-range one-way attack drone, signaling a shift from…

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jospeh Howell, left, and Sgt. Tuan Nguyen, low altitude air defense gunners with Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, mount a sensor onto a Marine air defense integrated system vehicle in Southwest Asia, April 22, 2019. 2nd LAAD Battalion provides the SPMAGTF-CR-CC with close-in, low altitude, surface-to-air weapons fires in defense of forward combat areas, vital areas, and installations in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, working with partner forces to defeat Daesh. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alina Thackray)
Air, Cyber, FAA, Military

El Paso Airspace Restriction Lifted Amid Counter-UAS Testing Concerns

By Inside Unmanned Systems

The FAA briefly imposed an unusually broad flight restriction affecting operations at El Paso International Airport, initially described as being…

A civilian training one-way attack drone is launched from a platform during a demonstration to 1st Cavalry Division leaders on Jan. 29, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. The demonstration provided leaders with insight into how AI-enabled one-way attack systems operate alongside Army fires formations. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Russell Shirley-Jones)
Air, Business News, Military

Pentagon Names 25 Vendors for Phase I of ‘Drone Dominance’ One-Way Attack UAS Program

By Inside Unmanned Systems

The new Drone Dominance Program will put 25 vendors through a “Gauntlet” fly-off at Fort Benning this month, with about…