Santa Barbara’s namesake warship just made history by launching a one-way attack drone at sea in the Middle East.

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship was in the Arabian Gulf when a new Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, ...

Today's world military news (December 29) includes the following: The US Navy completes the overhaul of the fast attack ...

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara while operating in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 16, 2025. In a press release, ...

CENTCOM launched Task Force Scorpion Strike will employ the Shahed-like Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones currently based in the Middle East. The U.S. military will employ ...

The US has a new one-way attack drone task force in the Middle East. The Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack Drones resemble Iranian-designed Shahed loitering munitions. LUCAS designs were unveiled at the ...

New Era of Electronic Combat Begins with the Arrival of the first EA-37B at Davis-Monthan AFB. On Aug. 23, 2024, Air Combat Command received its first EA-37B Compass Call. The aircraft, serial 19-5591 ...

A Navy warship’s successful launch of a one-way attack drone this week was a watershed in the Defense Department push to get hundreds of thousands of the transformational aircraft into the field, ...

U.S. Central Command low-cost unmanned combat attack system drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the Centcom area of operations, Nov. 23, 2025. (Photo: Courtesy Photo / War Department) U.S ...