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Army Needs Firm Strategy For Addressing IVAS Challenges Before Fielding, DOT&E Says

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 28th, 2022

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Army Needs Firm Strategy For Addressing IVAS Challenges Before Fielding, DOT&E Says

The Army conducted its third soldier touchpoint for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System at Ft. Pickett in Virginia. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Army must still address challenges with its new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset to ensure its “operational effectiveness, suitability and survivability in combat” before initial fielding this year. The Director of Operational, Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) latest annual report specifically calls on the Army to develop a firm testing and engineering strategy to quantify improvements made to the latest version of the Microsoft [MSFT]-built IVAS headset before moving into the program’s operational…

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