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Army Delays Next IVAS Soldier Touchpoint To The Fall, Maintaining Late FY ‘21 Fielding Date

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

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Army Delays Next IVAS Soldier Touchpoint To The Fall, Maintaining Late FY ‘21 Fielding Date

Soldiers at Fort Pickett in Virginia using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System prototype headset. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army has officially delayed the next soldier evaluation for its future augmented reality headset from this summer to October due to the ongoing pandemic, while maintaining a goal to stick with a first unit equipped date for late fiscal year 2021. Brig. Gen. David Hodne, director of the Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team, said the Army’s non-traditional partnership with Microsoft [MSFT], which is producing the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, will allow the program to stick with original fielding plans…

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