US Mass-Producing Low-Cost LUCAS Drones to Counter Iranian Threats The Pentagon is ramping up production of the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS), a $35,000 kamikaze drone reverse-engineered from Iran’s Shahed-136 design. Developed by Arizona-based SpektreWorks, LUCAS delivers similar range and payload at a fraction of the cost of traditional cruise missiles, which often exceed […] The post US Mass-Producing Low-Cost LUCAS Drones to Counter Iranian Threats first appeared on The Zambian Observer .