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HASC NDAA Proposes Increases To Several Army Unfunded Priorities, Another Cut To IVAS

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 26th, 2021

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HASC NDAA Proposes Increases To Several Army Unfunded Priorities, Another Cut To IVAS

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

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft version of the next defense policy bill calls for increasing several Army accounts included on the service’s unfunded priorities list, such as the CH-47F Chinook Block II, while once again proposing a significant cut to the service’s future augmented reality headset program. The panel also calls for authorizing an additional $250 million for the Army’s research, development, test and evaluation account, after lawmakers raised concerns over proposed cuts included in the president’s budget…

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