A DAY IN THE SUN
“Te IVAS test team has been beyond impressed with the professionalism and quality of feedback provided [by] the Rangers,” said Susan Fung, deputy tech- nology director for Project Manager IVAS. She assured them, “Your feedback has been invaluable. We’ve been provid- ing daily updates to the team back at the office and are definitely taking the details of your feedback and are working to incor- porate them.”
Te Rangers provided honest and realistic feedback based on their years of opera- tional experience and deployments, and can see the overall potential for the IVAS technology.
EYES ON THE FUTURE
A Ranger from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment executes a live fire exercise with the IVAS Capability Set 4 during tropical weather testing in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, in March. (Photo by Courtney E. Bacon, PEO Soldier)
“Te potential for this is unbounded, the ceiling is super high for it,” said Huen. “All these guys know that like in the next five, 10, 15 years we can see that this could be extremely useful, especially in what we do.”
“Given challenges we faced with COVID restrictions of movement, our usual avenues of approach for assessing this type of equipment in Panama, Suriname, Hawaii, Guam and other tropics region test centers were more challenging,” said Braly. “We reached out to the Puerto Rico National Guard and they eagerly accepted. Not only that, but they put Soldiers on orders to provide dedicated training area, range and logistical support to our effort.”
In fact, IVAS has leveraged National Guard installation and personnel support throughout many of its previous test events as well. Besides the tropics testing event in Puerto Rico, the Guard supported multiple large IVAS Soldier touchpoint events at Fort Pickett, Virginia, over the past two years; the aviation platform inte- gration held at Redstone Testing Center in Huntsville, Alabama, using National Guard aircraft; and Vehicle User Study 3
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that will be held at Camp Roberts, Cali- fornia, in September. Each of these events assess key areas necessary to further the development of IVAS for future testing, integration and fielding.
“Te National Guard has been instrumen- tal in support of the assessment and testing phase for this Army signature effort,” said Braly. “Te flexibility of ARNG facilities and support of personnel and equip- ment will continue to enable timely and constructive testing necessary to further the development of IVAS, as well as other Army modernization efforts.”
CONCLUSION The IVAS tropics weather test was executed by 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and supported by the Puerto Rico National Guard. Without the involvement of either IVAS team partner, the test would not have been as impactful.
“Te thought process behind the IVAS system is incredible,” said Hayman. “It blows my mind that we're in a day and age where the system even exists.”
For more information go to
peosoldier.com or @PEOSoldier on social media.
COURTNEY E. BACON is a public affairs specialist providing PEO Soldier PM IVAS contract support on behalf of TMGL LLC. She has a B.S. from George Mason University
in biology and is
working toward a master’s degree in biodefense and international security from George Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government. She previously worked in communications and public affairs for the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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