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HASC NDAA Includes $230 Million Cut To Army’s IVAS Program

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 26th, 2020

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HASC NDAA Includes $230 Million Cut To Army’s IVAS Program

Soldiers at Fort Pickett in Virginia using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System prototype headset. Photo: U.S. Army.

The House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill calls for reducing funding for the Army’s future augmented reality headset by $230 million to adjust for operational test delays and plans to purchase fewer units. HASC’s full markup authorizes $897 million for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), being developed by Microsoft [MSFT], below the Army’s request for over $1.1 billion. “It’s a very aggressive schedule. And the operational testing of the system has been delayed. The delivery…

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