Aviation Soldiers Begin Training on New Stalker Drone
Soldiers train on the Stalker drone.
Tue, 12/23/2025 - 08:36
The VXE30 Stalker uncrewed aircraft system has been fielded for training and is slated to be used for advanced training courses, according to an Army news release.
While the uncrewed aircraft system is in use by some of the Army’s operational units, it’s now also being employed to train soldiers in advanced individual training courses at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and in the Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course at the Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
The system incorporates observations from the modern battlefield, such as Ukraine, including reduced noise and visual signature, vertical takeoff capability and cost-saving munitions technology—underscoring the Army's push to integrate cutting-edge systems into training at Fort Rucker and Fort Huachuca, the release says.
Maj. Wolf Amacker, UAS and Tactics Branch chief of the Aviation Center of Excellence's Training and Doctrine Directorate, said in the release that the use of the uncrewed aircraft system represented a milestone in training the Army's layered reconnaissance strategy.
https://www.ausa.org/news/aviation-soldiers-begin-training-new-stalker-drone
