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

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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