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Lawmakers Place $350 Million For IVAS Procurement On Hold Until IOT&E Completion, Brief On Program

Lawmakers Place $350 Million For IVAS Procurement On Hold Until IOT&E Completion, Brief On Program
The Army conducted its third soldier touchpoint for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System at Ft. Pickett in Virginia. Photo: U.S. Army.

The final fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill places nearly $350 million for the Army’s procurement of the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset “on hold” until the completion of initial operational test and evaluation and after officials brief Congress on the program. Lawmakers have also moved $55 million from the night vision device procurement account to the Army’s research and development account to continue IVAS refinement due to “recent developmental challenges and increased testing requirements,” according to the…

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