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Combat Advantage in the Cold
June 10, 2021 — Military conflicts have been decidedly won and lost in extreme cold environments... MORE

Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division test IVAS Capability Set 4 in extreme temperatures at the Cold Region Test Center, Alaska in March 2021.

A Day in the Sun: Ranger Execution and National Guard Support to IVAS Tropics Test
April 30, 2021 — From negative 30 degrees Fahrenheit to over 90, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) was tested in back-to-back extreme weather test events led by... MORE

A Ranger from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment executes a live fire exercise with the IVAS Capability Set 4 during tropical weather testing in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, in March 2021.

Overwhelm the Enemy by Volume and Accuracy: A New Optic to Aid Mounted Machine Gunners
April 15, 2021 — Accuracy by volume has been a long-standing sarcastic remark towards the shooting style of machine gunners. However, that is about to change with the new Family of Weapons Sight... MORE

Family of Weapons Sight – Crew Served (FWS-CS) mounted to the M240 Medium Machine Gun during a Soldier Touchpoint in Fort Benning, GA.

IVAS Production Contract Award
March 31, 2021 — On 26 March 2021, the United States Army awarded Microsoft Corporation a fixed price production agreement to manufacture the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)... MORE

We Still Own the Night: Integrated Technology Takes Night Vision to a New Level
March 1, 2021 — The PVS 14 night vision monocular and PAS 13 thermal rifle optics are technologies of the past as the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B), Nett Warrior, and Family... MORE

A Soldier from the 2-506, 101st Airborne Division don the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG-B), Nett Warrior, and Family of Weapons Sight – Individual (FWS-I) during a live fire test event at a Soldier Touchpoint at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD in February 2021.

Collaboration on IVAS Helmet Integration
February 23, 2021 — Iterating on the development of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is not isolated to large Soldier Touchpoint (STP) events such as the high visibility STP 3 held on... MORE

A Soldier dons the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Capability Set 3 (CS3) at the Soldier Integration Facility (SIF) at Fort Belvoir, VA in January 2021.

IVAS Mounted Amplifies Capabilities
February 18, 2021 — The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is being developed to address capability gaps in the dismounted close combat force identified by Army leadership via the 2018... MORE

Soldiers don the Integrated Visual Augmentation System Capability Set 3 hardware while mounted in a Stryker in Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA.

Family of Weapons Sights-Crew Served Successfully Tested By 10th Mountain Division
November 22, 2020 — In October at Fort Drum, NY, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Soldiers successfully tested the Army’s most advanced lightweight, thermal and visible... MORE

A 3-71 CAV, 10 MTN DIV Soldier makes adjustments to the FWS-CS during a test at Fort Drum, NY

IVAS Draws Army Senior Leaders
November 16, 2020 — United States Department of Defense and Army leadership weathered a tropical storm and pandemic to visit Soldier Touchpoint 3 of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)... MORE

Soldier tests the Capability Set 3 (CS3) militarized form factor prototype of the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a life fire test event at its third Soldier Touchpoint (STP 3) at Fort Pickett, Virginia.

Preparing for the Battlefield of the Future
November 12, 2020 — The third Capability Set of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) was tested at Fort Pickett by 82nd Airborne Soldiers and 25th Marines during October 2020... MORE

Soldier dons the Capability Set 3 (CS 3) militarized form factor prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a Soldier Touchpoint 3 (STP 3) squad reconnaissance mission test event at Fort Pickett, Va in October 2020.

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