Deployment
Centaur at US Marine Corps
Teledyne FLIR's Centaur is a medium-sized rugged tactical UGV (about 160 lb) for EOD, reconnaissance, and hazardous-mission support, with an EO/IR camera suite and a manipulator arm reaching over six feet; the US Armed Services ordered roughly 500 additional units in a ~$62.1M contract.
Centaur by Teledyne FLIR · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Defense UGV
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US Marine Corps ordered more than 140 Centaur UGVs for EOD teams. Centaur is used by Marine Corps EOD for disarming IEDs and hazardous tasks.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Centaur at US Marine Corps.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-09
- Model
- Centaur
- Company
- Teledyne FLIR
- Location
- US Marine Corps
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2020-01-01
- ID
25fa8d48-3c0d-4af1-b085-550e4b17350f
Timeline
- Jan 2020First recordedCentaur first documented operating at US Marine Corps.
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Operates worldwide
Centaur is deployed globally rather than at a single verified site, so there is no map pin.
Centaur operates in US Marine Corps. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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