# Centaur at Afghanistan: deployment

Canonical ID: `07e291b2-d591-4fb9-8160-811614cdd156`

[Centaur](/models/flir-centaur.md) deployed by US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps EOD teams in [Afghanistan](/locations/afghanistan.md) for IED disposal. MTRS Inc II program of record.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** flir-centaur-afghanistan
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Centaur](/models/flir-centaur.md) (id: `4705baa5-07c2-4a03-ac1c-f39e7eca77f0`)
- **Category:** [Defense UGV](/defense-ugv)
- **Company:** [Teledyne FLIR](/companies/teledyne-flir.md) (id: `b5922a97-9d0e-4a95-8825-41042f0169a7`)
- **Location:** [Afghanistan](/locations/afghanistan.md) (id: `ae1c46c5-47f3-4789-8278-798bfa3ce0ce`)
- **First seen:** 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://registry.deploy.report/verified-deployments

## Common questions

### What is the Centaur deployment at Afghanistan?

Centaur, built by Teledyne FLIR, is recorded as a deployment at Afghanistan on the DEPLOY registry. Teledyne FLIR operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Centaur at Afghanistan?

Teledyne FLIR, the manufacturer of Centaur, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Centaur deployment at Afghanistan go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Centaur deployment at Afghanistan?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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