Soldiers from the Old Guard test the second iteration of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) capability set during an exercise at Fort Belvoir, VA in Fall 2019. (Army) The Army on Monday ...
Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. James C. McConville, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, in Washington D.C., Mar. 3, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Harvey) The Integrated ...
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Soldiers at Fort Pickett, Va. are testing a Microsoft-designed prototype goggle, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), that offers the capabilities they need to regain ...
The Army’s new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) goggles can incorporate feeds from the cameras mounted on the outside of Army vehicles. Now, soldiers in the back of infantry fighting ...
The do-everything of the future? Source US Army Creative Commons - Paul Wallis The do-everything of the future? Source US Army Creative Commons - Paul Wallis The IVAS system was the one that caused a ...
After testing out the latest version of the Army's smart-soldier goggles, infantrymen from the 82nd Airborne Division say combat marksmanship definitely changes when wearing the Individual Integrated ...
More than just fancy gear, HoloLens is an example of a more agile Pentagon approach to funding and deploying cutting-edge tech. At the end of March, Microsoft announced that it had won a huge contract ...
The Army hasn’t gotten enough feedback from soldiers to know if their latest and greatest futuristic headset is even something they want, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report released ...
It is vital that all military equipment work wherever American Soldiers need it. Even a cursory examination of our nation’s history shows that American troops have had to contend with extreme cold ...
Imagine this land-war scenario: An enemy fighter is several hundred yards away, another is attacking from one mile while a third fires from a nearby room in a close-quarters urban warfare circumstance ...
Soldiers at Fort Benning are currently using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology to "rapidly assess" the temperature of hundreds of soldiers daily ...
In response, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told senators she was "pretty comfortable" with the program's progress and said she didn't agree with elements of a critical oversight report. Sen. Jeanne ...