{"id":41626,"date":"2020-11-03T23:24:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T23:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/03\/soldiers-marines-finish-first-test-of-ruggedized-do-it-all-augmented-reality-goggle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:20:47","slug":"soldiers-marines-finish-first-test-of-ruggedized-do-it-all-augmented-reality-goggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/03\/soldiers-marines-finish-first-test-of-ruggedized-do-it-all-augmented-reality-goggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers, Marines finish first test of ruggedized \u2018do-it-all\u2019 augmented reality goggle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army has finished the first field test of its do-it-all goggle in the ruggedized military version that soldiers could see by next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldiers and Marines ran the Integrated Visual Augmentation System<\/a> through a company-sized, 72-hour training mission at Fort Pickett, Va<\/a>., at the end of October, according to an Army statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exercise included one of the more difficult dismounted operations \u2014 a nighttime trench clearing exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to make that challenging movement a bit more doable, soldiers weren\u2019t limited to the IVAS goggle for targeting, night vision, thermal sights and navigation capabilities. They also had micro-drones that they could launch and view through the goggle, conducting their own shortrange reconnaissance of an obstacle before taking on the opposing force.<\/p>\n\n\n\t