[1] The alloy was developed in 2002 by Michael R. Staker of Loyola University Maryland under grant from the United States Army.
[1] Stakalloy has improved metallurgical properties over other depleted uranium alloys, such as staballoy, being more viable as a structural alloy where a combination between high strength and high density is required.
[1] Staker's invention of stakalloy involved reducing excessive carbon levels while adding together uranium with trace amounts of niobium and vanadium.
Stakalloy may be a viable replacement for the United States Army's Advanced Kinetic Energy round.
[3] In 2007, Army Solicitation Notice W911QX-07-T-0053 entitled "Processing U-V-X Alloy Ingots" outlined work at Aerojet producing promising alloys with interesting material properties for future testing at the Army Research Laboratories.