# Centaur at United States (US Navy): deployment

Canonical ID: `9b48abe3-8eb0-432f-b67d-ca2d77ef6bf3`

US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps ordered over 1,800 [Centaur](/models/flir-centaur.md) UGVs. $62M in additional orders for ~500 Centaur systems. Navy EOD teams deploy Centaur alongside Army and other branches. Over 1,000th Centaur delivered by June 2023.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** flir-centaur-united-states-us-navy
- **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 (US Navy)](/locations/united-states-us-navy.md) (id: `c75c3924-763d-411f-970a-d9f6fcdc5602`)
- **First seen:** 2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-places-orders-500-teledyne-flir-centaur-ugvs/

## Common questions

### What is the Centaur deployment at United States (US Navy)?

Centaur, built by Teledyne FLIR, is recorded as a deployment at United States (US Navy) on the DEPLOY registry. Teledyne FLIR operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Centaur at United States (US Navy)?

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 (US Navy) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting June 8, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Centaur deployment at United States (US Navy)?

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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