Army completes first capability set of Integrated Visual Augmentation System

By Jaspreet Gill / July 10, 2019 at 3:00 PM
The Army has completed the first capability set of its new battlefield heads-up display and is on track to start production in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. Col. Kurt Thompson, deputy director of the soldier lethality cross-functional team, told Inside Defense in an interview this week the Integrated Visual Augmentation System is "first and foremost a fighting capability" in which soldiers will be able to replicate combat environments, including specific buildings, streets and towns. "The heads-up display...

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