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Senate Appropriators Propose $1.4 Billion Boost To Army Procurement, $350 Million Cut To IVAS Buy

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 28th, 2022

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Senate Appropriators Propose $1.4 Billion Boost To Army Procurement, $350 Million Cut To IVAS Buy

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

Senate appropriators have proposed a more than $1.4 billion increase for Army procurement in fiscal year 2023, while including a $350 million cut for the planned buy of Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headsets. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) $792.1 billion defense spending bill, released Thursday, would instead add $50 million for IVAS research and development to work on maturing the next version of the headset and restore $300 million for procurement of Enhanced Night Vision Goggles-Binocular (ENVG-B). “The committee…

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