Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the US Central Command operating area on Nov. 23, 2025. (US DoD/ Courtesy Photo)
BEIRUT — For the first time, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has launched a multinational and multi-domain attack drone task force, dubbed Falcon Strike.
Task Force Falcom Strike “will employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea operated by military support staff from the United States and regional partners,” CENTCOM said in a statement on Thursday.
The announcement comes after months of regional conflict and traded fires between Iran and its allied militias on one side, and the US, Israel and Arab Gulf states on the other side. During this conflict, drones, including unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned surface vessels, took part in the fight — especially one-way attack drones, like Iran’s Shahed family of UAVs and the American version known as the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, or LUCAS.
“Integrating and deploying our new capabilities together will help us rapidly realize the new possibilities that are on the horizon,” said CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper.
