# Centaur at United States (S-MET Increment II): deployment

Canonical ID: `ed014d3a-0aee-4372-bf36-452846d30e54`

[Centaur](/models/flir-centaur.md) is the US Army's MTRS Inc. II program of record. Used by Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps EOD teams. $62M in additional orders for ~500 robots raised program value to $250M+. Over 1,800 Centaurs ordered to date. 1,000th MTRS Inc II system delivered. Used for IED/EOD, CBRN, UXO clearance. Also suitable for UXO clearance in Ukraine.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** flir-centaur-usa
- **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 (S-MET Increment II)](/locations/united-states/usa.md) (id: `4baf82da-d508-4d48-b22d-1581c971e89f`)
- **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 United States (S-MET Increment II)?

Centaur, built by Teledyne FLIR, is recorded as a deployment at United States (S-MET Increment II) on the DEPLOY registry. Teledyne FLIR operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Centaur at United States (S-MET Increment II)?

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 (S-MET Increment II) 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 (S-MET Increment II)?

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.


_API: GET /v1/robots/ed014d3a-0aee-4372-bf36-452846d30e54 · feeds: GET /v1/feeds?deploymentId=ed014d3a-0aee-4372-bf36-452846d30e54 · canonical URL: /deployments/flir-centaur-usa_