Anduril, Meta team up for Army IVAS recompete
“My mission has long been to turn warfighters into technomancers, and the products we are building with Meta do just that,” said Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.
IVAS
Anduril gets green light from Army to take over Microsoft’s IVAS project: Exec
Anduril’s Tom Keane said the company doesn’t plan to make any more of the physical IVAS headsets, but separately does plan to compete in the Army’s next-gen augmented reality competition dubbed Soldier Borne Mission Command.
Army continues iterating on IVAS, not ‘currently planning’ mass buy of 1.2 version
Maj. Gen. Christopher Schneider told Breaking Defense that the service got “really great feedback from soldiers on IVAS 1.2,” but big decisions haven’t been signed out yet.
Army fielding ‘up to’ 50 IVAS 1.0 mixed-reality goggles to soldiers at Fort Moore
After positive feedback on newest version, Army also greenlit production of an additional 280 IVAS 1.2 units and 11 Squad Immersive Virtual Trainer kits with a $95 million check.
US Army receives most advanced version of the situational awareness system
Last week, the Army accepted delivery of the first 20 prototypes of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System 1.2 variant. The milestone is the latest step in the process of getting the most advanced version of the situational awareness system in the h…
Army’s pricey IVAS goggles meet a training obstacle: Doors
The Army is trying to mitigate “occlusion” problems for soldiers using Microsoft’s high-priced augmented reality system to spawn (and then kill) virtual “enemies” behind real objects.
Army gets first 20 IVAS 1.2 prototypes for key test in troubled $22B program
The Army’s acquisition chief called the 1.2 redesign the “right direction” but said “were it not to work out, we’d likely just do a new competition, perhaps with somewhat different requirements.”
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft Federal president departs
President of Microsoft Federal Rick Wagner has “decided to leave the company,” a spokesman confirmed to Breaking Defense.
Major weapon system costs rose $37 billion over past two years: GAO
The watchdog’s report is unsparing in outlining the cost increases and schedule delays for a majority of Defense Department programs.
Last stand for IVAS? New challenges, delays as Army debates future of augmented reality goggles
Two key program managers tell Breaking Defense the future pathway for the program – and reveal that the Army has not fielded a single 1.0 version of the heads-up display because it doesn’t have the funding and hasn’t decided where those dev…