The Army's "soldier-centered design" approach is aiding in the development of next generation technologies and capabilities, including the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System, by putting the needs of the soldier first. Although soldier-centered design isn’t a new concept, Col. Kurt Thompson, deputy director of the soldier lethality cross-functional team, told Inside Defense in an interview this week the Army has shifted the approach to looking at things "holistically" instead of focusing on an individual weapon system. "It's really [about] looking...