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Army Taps Silvus Technologies For Radios To Support IVAS

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, May 4th, 2020

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Army Taps Silvus Technologies For Radios To Support IVAS

Soldiers at Fort Pickett in Virginia using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System prototype headset. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army has selected Silvus Technologies to deliver more than 1,000 radio devices required to support the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), the service’s future augmented reality headset program. Under the $3.9 million deal announced Monday, Silvus Technologies will provide tactical Mobile Ad Hoc (MANET) radios ahead of the next IVAS soldier evaluation this fall. "Silvus is prepared to support the needs of the IVAS program as our StreamCaster radios are optimized for low size/weight/power, high scalability, high throughput and…

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