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Army Modeling New Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Competition On IVAS Successes

Army Modeling New Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Competition On IVAS Successes
Soldiers at Fort Pickett in Virginia using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System prototype headset. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army is modeling its restarted Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) acquisition approach on the successes developing the service’s future augmented reality headset, with an emphasis on iterating program “characteristics” over mandating more stringent requirements. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told attendees at the McAleese Conference on Wednesday the Bradley vehicle replacement competition will follow the lead of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program by taking advantage of Other Transaction Authority agreements to better leverage vendors’ engineering developments. “In this…

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