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IVAS’ IOT&E Performance To Determine If Army Moves Forward With Program, Wormuth Says

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022

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IVAS’ IOT&E Performance To Determine If Army Moves Forward With Program, Wormuth Says

The Army conducted its third soldier touchpoint for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System at Ft. Pickett in Virginia. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army’s evaluation of the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during its upcoming operational testing period will determine whether the service moves forward with the program, Secretary Christine Wormuth said Tuesday. Wormuth told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee the service still “feels good about where we are with IVAS” as the program heads into a critical initial operational test and evaluation this month through June. “We will want to take the results of that test into consideration as we…

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