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Army Plans To Award Prototype Deals For IVAS Follow-On Effort In Late August

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 11th, 2025

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Army Plans To Award Prototype Deals For IVAS Follow-On Effort In Late August

IVAS 1.2 will be the IVAS variant fielded to the close combat force. Photo: Frederick Shear, PEO Soldier

The Army plans to award prototype agreements in late August for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) follow-on effort, recently rebranded as Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC). A new notice published last week lays out an estimated timeline for the planned open competition for SBMC prototyping, with the Army looking to solicit white papers and then hold hardware demonstrations in late May before releasing a request for prototype proposals in mid-June. “SBMC is a new effort to develop a fused…

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