Senate appropriations bill would cut nearly all IVAS funding

By Evan Ochsner / July 28, 2022 at 4:27 PM
The Senate Appropriations Committee is seeking to cut nearly all fiscal year 2023 procurement funding from the Army's new augmented reality headset, according to an explanatory statement accompanying the chairman's mark of the spending bill. The bill, however, would more than double research and development funding for the program, adding $50 million to the Army’s $47 million FY-23 request. The committee said it hopes the added funding will help the Army mature version 1.2 of IVAS, which the service has...

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