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Despite Schedule Delays, IVAS ‘Alive and Well,’ Army Secretary Says

Despite Schedule Delays, IVAS ‘Alive and Well,’ Army Secretary Says
An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper conducts training during Experimentation Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) 21 last May at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah (U.S. Army Photo)

The U.S. Army wants to develop and field the Microsoft [MSFT] Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) in stages, as the service works to fix problems in the first "alpha" version--development akin to the development of satellite phones in the 1980s, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said on Feb. 8. "IVAS is alive and well despite the fact that there have been some delays in our schedule," Wormuth told a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) virtual forum. "Microsoft has worked…

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