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WHAT’S AN IVAS?
The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) provides a single platform that allows the Soldier to fight, rehearse and train at the point of need. The Army’s PEO Soldier and the Soldier Lethality Cross- Functional Team are working together to develop IVAS as a response to an erosion in close combat capability identified in the 2018 National Defense Strategy through unique other-transaction authority and middle-tier acquisition contracting pathways for its rapid execution.
The core IVAS hardware is made up of the Heads- Up Display (HUD) goggle, body-borne computer puck, radio and conformal wearable battery. This hardware leverages high-resolution tactical mixed reality to deliver a suite of in-HUD capabilities includ- ing advanced planning, navigation and after action review.
IVAS also enables a suite of additional capabili- ties, including networked information-sharing via advanced tactical cloud services such as rapid target acquisition and blue-force tracking, the tacti- cal cloud package that extends network delivery to the point of need, and training via an augmented reality environment that enables iterative rehears- als before enemy engagement. The project's Soldier performance metrics tools and Adaptive Squad Archi- tecture technical equipment information also work to optimize squad performance and equipment to deliver the increased lethality, mobility and situa- tional awareness necessary to achieve overmatch against current and future adversaries in any domain.
On March 26, the U.S. Army awarded Microsoft Corp. a fixed-price production agreement to manufacture IVAS and transition the program to production and rapid fielding.
—COURTNEY E. BACON MOUNTED SIGHT
Soldiers don the IVAS Capability Set 3 hardware while mounted in a Stryker at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate is working to build in applications on the IVAS that use both new and existing sensors on vehicles to give Soldiers enhanced visual and command and control situational awareness while they're inside a vehicle.
via IVAS are amplified by integrating the system into platforms using world view, 360-degree and see capabilities that leverage the view of external sensors to be transmitted to the Heads-Up Display (HUD) of each individual Soldier.
“Tere’s always a line between the squads and the tracks, and having this equipment is going to help tie them in so the dismounts in the back can see the actual optics of the vehicle itself and then they can seamlessly work with the crew because everyone can see around the vehicle without actually having to step outside of it,” said Martin. “It has countless uses like land navigation, being able to track things while on the battlefield, moving through urban complexes, moving through open terrain.”
Each Soldier with IVAS can “see through” the vehicle’s body to what its external sensors are feeding into the individual HUDs, as if the vehicle has invisible armor. Soldiers with the SBCT understood the implications for not only command and control, situational awareness management and safety, but also the over- all lethality of the force.
“IVAS is more than just a goggle, it's changing the way we fight.”
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“Tis changes how we operate, honestly,” said Sgt. Philip Bartel with 1-2 SBCT. “Now, guys aren't hanging out of vehicles in dangerous situations trying to get views on what's going on. Leadership will be able to maneuver their elements and get view- on-target without having to leave the safety of their armored
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