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Centaur at USA

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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Centaur is the US Army's MTRS Inc. II program of record (selected 2017) and is used by Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps EOD units. A July 2022 order of $62.1 million for nearly 500 robots raised the program value to more than $250 million; more than 1,800 Centaurs had been ordered since 2020.

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Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-10-21
Model
Centaur
Company
Teledyne FLIR
Location
United States/USA
Status
operational
Location precision
verified coordinates
ID
ed014d3a-0aee-4372-bf36-452846d30e54

Timeline

  1. Oct 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
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Sources (1)

  1. https://defense.flir.com/about/news/teledyne-flir-defense-receives-$62-million-in-orders-from-us-military-for-centaur-unmanned-ground-vehicles/
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21

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Last reviewed 2026-10-21

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Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

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Common questions

What is the Centaur deployment at USA?
Centaur, built by Teledyne FLIR, is recorded as a deployment at USA on the DEPLOY registry. Teledyne FLIR operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Centaur at USA?
Teledyne FLIR, the manufacturer of Centaur, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
Have there been incidents at the Centaur deployment at USA?
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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