US Navy Successfully Tests Low-Cost Kamikaze Drone for Precision Strikes
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The US Navy tested the LUCAS kamikaze drone from the USS Santa Barbara, advancing affordable unmanned combat capabilities. This follows the establishment of a one-way-attack drone squadron in the Middle East.
US Naval Forces Central Command and 5th Fleet successfully tested a low-cost kamikaze drone, the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS), from the USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32). The test marks a significant milestone in rapidly delivering affordable and effective unmanned capabilities to the warfighter. The sea-based test follows the announcement of the US military's first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East.
