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Army Prepared To Hold New Competition If IVAS 1.2 Testing Isn’t Successful, Bush Says

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

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Army Prepared To Hold New Competition If IVAS 1.2 Testing Isn’t Successful, Bush Says

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

The Army is prepared to hold a new competition for its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) if testing of Microsoft’s [MSFT] new “1.2” version of the headset later this year is unsuccessful, the service’s top acquisition official said Tuesday. “Institutionally for the Army, that’s always a hard decision to admit we can’t succeed somewhere. But this is a potential area where, look, if the testing doesn’t prove out very quickly that it’s capable and going to get us what we…

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