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Consolidation of Product Offices Marks Historic Transition for Next Generation Weapons Portfolio
May 24, 2023 — PEO Soldier Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL) marked a significant milestone in the management of its next-generation weapons portfolio with the consolidation of the Product Manager Next Generation Weapons Office and the Product Manager Individual Weapons Office into a single Product Management Office, the name of which will be announced at a later date. The consolidation ceremony, held at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, emphasized the importance of adapting the organizational structure to effectively oversee evolving weapon systems. The consolidation ensures the Army's ability to provide the most capable small arms weapons to its close combat force... MORE

Lt. Col. Micah Rue grasps a flag during a recent consolidation ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey May 24, 2023, signifying his acceptance of the duty and responsibilities of the Product Manager of the newly merged Product Management Office.

Project Manager Soldier Warrior’s Vuille Reflects on Career as a Quality Assurance Professional
May 19, 2023 — For over four decades, Alison Vuille has helped direct the quality assurance process for the Army’s sensors, goggles, night vision devices and numerous other platforms and programs. Vuille has spent the last two decades improving the PEO Soldier portfolio. She currently leads the Quality Assurance section of the Project Manager Soldier Warrior (PM SWAR) Quality Assurance-Test Directorate. In recent years, she helped refine the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B), Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) and the Family of Weapons Sights (FWS) as these products moved through development, production, testing, and fielding... MORE

Vuille has performed quality assurance on the Family of Weapons Sights (FWS) (FWS-Crew Served pictured)

IVAS Integrates with Armored Vehicles
May 9, 2023 — The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is a single platform featuring a day/night, all-weather fighting goggle and a mixed reality headset that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools and high-resolution simulations to provide Soldiers with unprecedented capabilities in combat environments... MORE

Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Blackhorse Company, 2-3 Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting atop Stryker armored vehicles preparing for a movement-to-contact urban raid exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., August 24, 2022. The exercise was part of a two-day demonstration event hosted by the Program Executive Office of Ground Combat Systems with the aim of integrating soldier feedback into the development of new military combat technology. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Chandler Coats, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Army moving forward with Next Generation Squad Weapon program
March 15, 2023 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Army continues its rigorous testing and evaluation of small arms systems to meet their requirements and deliver increased lethality to the Soldier... MORE

The Army continues its rigorous testing and evaluation of small arms systems to meet their requirements and deliver increased lethality to the Soldier.

IVAS’ Campaign of Learning Ensures Development, Production and Fielding Remain on Track
March 14, 2023 — The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) will change the way Soldiers fight, rehearse, and train. IVAS is a single platform featuring a day/night, all-weather fighting goggle and a mixed reality heads-up display that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools and high-resolution simulations to provide Soldiers with improved mobility and lethality in combat environments... MORE

An “Airborne” Soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 82nd Airborne Division, conducting individual tactical live fire during Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) operational testing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo Credit: Mr. Nicholas Robertson, Visual Information Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command)

Artic Angels Equipped with Newest Extreme Cold Weather Gear
March 1, 2023 — The Army has delivered on its promise to begin providing our Arctic Warriors with state-of-the-art cold weather clothing that excels in the most extreme of cold weather environments. Project Manager Soldier Survivability (PM-SSV) began fielding the Cold Temperature and Artic Protection Systems (CTAPS), to the 11th Airborne Division at Ft. Wainwright and Anchorage, AK on February 13, 2023... MORE

Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment fits and issues Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection Systems (CTAPS) to a soldier with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division in Ft. Wainwright, AK. Feb. 16, 2023. CTAPS allows war fighters to effectively operate and sustain combat operations in extreme conditions.

MAJ Shawn Jones, Assistant Product Manager, Integration, Product Manager Ground Soldier Systems
March 1, 2023 — Maj. Shawn Jones, Assistant Product Manager, Integration, Product Manager Ground Soldier Systems (PdM GSS), is deeply involved with the development of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)... MORE

FORT BENNING, Ga-BG Christopher Schneider attends the Airborne school graduation ceremony to support MAJ Shawn Jones and his family, Jan 27, 2023.

PEO Fields LTLM II to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
January 16, 2023 — FORT CAMPBELL, KY – Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier concluded a four-day fielding event of the Laser Target Locator Module (LTLM) II units to Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, with a new equipment training (NET) session on Fort Campbell, Dec. 1... MORE

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, look through the Laser Target Locator Module II (LTLM) during a new equipment training session on Fort Campbell, December 1. Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier fielded more than 160 LTLM II devices to the Soldiers during a week-long fielding event and trained them on the device’s operations. LTLM II is a handheld, passive sensor that provides target acquisition in all weather and battlefield conditions

Susan Fung, Deputy Product Manager
December 6, 2022 — Susan Fung, Deputy Product Manager, Ground Soldier Systems (GSS), Project Manager Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), has worked on the Army’s night vision devices and augmented reality goggles for two decades... MORE

Susan Fung, Deputy Product Manager, Ground Soldier Systems (GSS), Project Manager Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), has worked on the Army’s night vision devices and augmented reality goggles for two decades.

Project Manager Soldier Lethality Holds an Assumption of Charter Ceremony for Product Manager Small Arms Fire Control
September 13, 2022 — Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL) held an assumption of charter ceremony establishing the Product Manager Small Arms Fire Control (PdM SAFC), at Fort Belvoir, Va. on Aug. 12... MORE

Lt. Col. Trond Ruud and Col. Scott Madore pose with the Product Manager Small Arms Fire Control (PdM SAFC) organizational charter during an assumption of charter ceremony that established PdM SAFC on Fort Belvoir, August 12. The establishment of the product management office concludes phase three of Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier’s reorganization efforts, following the disestablishment of Project Manager, Soldier Maneuver and Precision Targeting in July.

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