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Army

Army Unlikely To Spend Full $22 Billion Under Current IVAS Production Deal, Bush Says

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, February 18th, 2022

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Army Unlikely To Spend Full $22 Billion Under Current IVAS Production Deal, 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’s new acquisition executive said Thursday it’s unlikely the service will spend the maximum $22 billion allowed under its current production contract for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset. “I don’t think we’re going to spend that much. So understand, that contract is an IDIQ contract. That’s the ceiling, that’s if we hypothetically got everything that was allowed in the contract. But that contract is actually quite sophisticated in that it gives us points along the way where…

Congress

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