Photo by NAVCENT Public Affairs | Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division | 12.16.2025
A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16, 2025. Prior to the launch, shipboard weapons integration assessments helped ensure the system could be safely stored, moved, and handled at sea. Task Force 59 operated the LUCAS drone as part of......
Photo by NAVCENT Public Affairs | Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division | 12.16.2025
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2025) A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16, 2025. Prior to the launch, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Shipboard Weapons Integration Team validated that the ship could safely store, move, and handle......
Photo by NAVCENT Public Affairs | Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division | 12.16.2025
ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2025) The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) launches a Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) from its flight deck while transiting the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16, 2025. Shipboard Weapons Integration Team assessments conducted prior to deployment helped ensure the system could be safely integrated aboard the ship. Task Force 59......
Photo by NAVCENT Public Affairs | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 12.16.2025
251216-N-NO146-1025 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2025) The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) successfully launches a Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) from the flight deck while transiting the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16. Task Force 59 operated the LUCAS drone, which is part of Task Force Scorpion Strike, a one-way attack drone squadron recently deployed to......
Photo by Cpl. Kayla Mc Guire | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 12.16.2025
251216-N-NO146-1228 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2025) A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16. Task Force 59 operated the LUCAS drone, which is part of Task Force Scorpion Strike, a one-way attack drone squadron recently deployed......
Photo by Cpl. Kayla Mc Guire | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 12.16.2025
251216-N-NO146-1078 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 16, 2025) A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16. Task Force 59 operated the LUCAS drone, which is part of Task Force Scorpion Strike, a one-way attack drone squadron recently deployed......
Photo by Julius Evans | Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command, Williamsburg, VA | 11.10.2022
Prior to the ceremony, HM1(FMF/SW/AW) Kyle Hugo, pilot, places the 1977 Archer Piper into a nose dive that catches Lt. Cmdr. Michael Lucas, Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command's Operations Director, slightly off guard. Hugo said, "He had an out of body experience."...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Hans | Commander Task Force 75 | 06.06.2018
180606-N-MZ078-1055 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Shelby Clippard, from Detroit, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, secures the workspace during a conventional explosive clearance training scenario, June 6, 2018. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of......
