How The U.S. Army Is Training Snipers To Evade Drones

Snipers Test Thermal Camouflage to Avoid Detection

APRIL 1, 2026 – The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last few years in recent conflicts has been a lot of drone activity and having to hide from and defeat thermal and drone systems,” said Army Staff Sgt. Brett Bollinger, a USASC in…

How The U.S. Army Is Training Snipers To Evade Drones

The post How The U.S. Army Is Training Snipers To Evade Drones appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Polish snipers participate in an exercise with NATO allies in September 2025. Drones equipped with thermal imaging technology make it more challenging for snipers to evade detection. The U.S. Army’s Sniper Course at Fort Benning is now training snipers to hide from drones. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Ima…