“The [user assessment’s] purpose is to measure system performance to ensure the phase 2 IVAS 1.2 prototype systems continue to meet design objectives,” said Program Executive Office Soldier spokesperson David Patterson.
The investment by Australia and the United States into funding the new Google internet cables means the Pacific islands can avoid becoming integral parts of China's global data collection.
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.
The Biden administration also unveiled a new executive order targeting US investment in Chinese AI, quantum and microelectronic tech.
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.
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.”
President of Microsoft Federal Rick Wagner has "decided to leave the company," a spokesman confirmed to Breaking Defense.
Boeing officials recently demonstrated two separate efforts with the Air Force focused on aircraft mission and training readiness.
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 devices should be sent.
According to a DISA spokesperson, each big-name JWCC vendor received an equal task order, with the value of $3.8 million for some early testing of the concept.
The service now plans to field the IVAS 1.0 in August, two years later than initially expected, while also working with the company on a hardware redesign to alleviate physical problems soldiers experience while wearing the device for newer versions.
You may want to read the headline a few times just to make sure you’re not missing the point. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and another one of those billionaires who’ve gotten very excited about the space launch business, wants to fly a really huge plane — built of composites, powered by six 747 engines, […]