LUCAS, Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System

LUCAS, Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System

A video released by russian state media shows just what the SpektreWorks FLM136 or LUCAS is up against.

SpektreWorks was recently selected for the U.S. Army’s Applied Small UAS Prototype Innovation Transition (APFIT) program, an initiative designed to rapidly bring advanced drone systems into active service. The APFIT program specifically sought out transition-ready technologies, meaning those close to deployment, with a strong emphasis on designs that are attritable, modular, and low-cost, particularly for use in contested environments.

Scaling to match alleged production rate is going to be quite an ask, 100 units a day!


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Gary Mortimer

Founder and Editor of sUAS News | Gary Mortimer has been a commercial balloon pilot for 25 years and also flies full-size helicopters. Prior to that, he made tea and coffee in air traffic control towers across the UK as a member of the Royal Air Force.