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House Appropriators Look To Boost R&D Funds For Army’s CFTs, Propose Another IVAS Cut

House Appropriators Look To Boost R&D Funds For Army’s CFTs, Propose Another IVAS Cut
The Army conducted its third soldier touchpoint for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System at Ft. Pickett in Virginia. Photo: U.S. Army.

House appropriators are looking to boost research and development (R&D) funds for the teams leading the Army’s six modernization priorities, while also once again proposing a more than $200 million cut to the service’s future augmented reality headset program. A report accompanying the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee’s (HAC-D) $706 billion fiscal year 2022 spending bill, released on Monday a day ahead of the full committee’s markup, details plans to add more than $330 million to the Army’s Cross Functional Teams…

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