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Army Seeking Industry Input On Artificial Intelligence Solutions For IVAS

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, January 21st, 2022

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Army Seeking Industry Input On Artificial Intelligence Solutions For IVAS

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

A new Request for Information released Wednesday details the Army’s interest in industry’s capabilities for developing and integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions for its future augmented reality headsets. The RFI is seeking industry’s input on experience with AI and ML features that could be applied to the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), such as AI-enabled target detection and multi-sensor data collection. In the call to industry, the Army notes IVAS is designed to provide soldiers with…

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