# Centaur at United States Air Force: deployment

Canonical ID: `b3e00af6-f4cc-4cee-a42c-818700d2c229`

US Air Force EOD teams use [Centaur](/models/flir-centaur.md) UGVs. FLIR received $23M order for Centaur UGVs for US Air Force EOD teams to disarm IEDs.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** flir-centaur-united-states-air-force
- **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:** [United States Air Force](/locations/united-states-air-force.md) (id: `b6481952-399e-4d21-9434-ca8e651a0b47`)
- **First seen:** 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://defense.flir.com/about/news/flir-receives-$23-million-order-for-its-centaur-unmanned-ground-vehicles-for-u.s.-air-force/

## Common questions

### What is the Centaur deployment at United States Air Force?

Centaur, built by Teledyne FLIR, is recorded as a deployment at United States Air Force on the DEPLOY registry. Teledyne FLIR operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Centaur at United States Air Force?

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 United States Air Force 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 United States Air Force?

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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