CENTCOM Launches Multinational Attack Drone Task Force ‘Falcon Strike’
The unit will expand CENTCOM’s drone efforts as regional partners are invited and the Pentagon pushes low-cost attack systems.
- On Thursday, Central Command announced the creation of Task Force Falcon Strike, the first multidomain, multinational unit dedicated to one-way attack drones operating in the air, on the sea surface, and underwater.
- For the past year, CENTCOM has worked to accelerate technology delivery to troops, following a Pentagon-led $1 billion initiative to acquire hundreds of thousands of low-cost, one-way attack drones for use in the Middle East.
- Following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's call for rapid acquisition, Task Force Scorpion Strike deployed LUCAS offensive drones reverse-engineered from the Iranian Shahed-136 to combat in Operation Epic Fury.
- Adm. Brad Cooper stated that Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on previous successes by leveraging regional innovation, as CENTCOM initiates the process of inviting regional partners to join.
- The development of The Rapid Employment Joint Task Force, or REJTF, helps CENTCOM integrate new capabilities to rapidly realize possibilities for deployed forces on the horizon.
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CENTCOM Launches Multinational Attack Drone Task Force ‘Falcon Strike’
Task Force Falcon Strike will bring together U.S. and regional forces operating one-way attack drones in the air, on the surface and underwater. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is taking the next step in its rapidly expanding use of One-Way Attack (OWA) drones. On Aug. 13, 2026, the command announced the creation of a new multinational task force, called ‘Falcon Strike’, that will integrate unmanned systems operating in the air, on the surfac…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = The U.S. military is integrating the air, sea, and underwater attack drone capabilities of the U.S. and regional partners in the Middle East for the first time in history...
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CENTCOM launches multinational attack drone task force
Task Force Falcon Strike will employ one-way attack drones composed of unmanned systems from above, on and below the sea.
U.S. Expands Drone Abilities
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched the first-of-its-kind multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. The unit, called Task Force Falcon Strike, utilizes one-way attack drones of unmanned systems, CENTCOM explained. “Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation happening among our regional allies and partners,” Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said in a statement. “Integrating…
CENTCOM launches multinational one-way attack drone force
The force “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,” the command said.
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