
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…