{"id":82862,"date":"2022-10-06T18:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/06\/new-rollout-for-the-armys-22-billion-mixed-reality-combat-goggles-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:14:52","slug":"new-rollout-for-the-armys-22-billion-mixed-reality-combat-goggles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/10\/06\/new-rollout-for-the-armys-22-billion-mixed-reality-combat-goggles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New rollout for the Army\u2019s $22 billion \u2018mixed reality\u2019 combat goggles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT BELVOIR, Va. \u2014 The Army\u2019s mixed reality goggle is headed to soldiers in a three-step process in which developers expect two early versions released next year will help with redesigns for a third version to roll out across the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/251258\/joint_asa_alt_and_afc_statement_on_the_integrated_visual_augmentation_system\" target=\"_blank\">Integrated Visual Augmentation System<\/a>, or IVAS, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/03\/31\/army-moves-ahead-on-mixed-reality-goggle-with-microsoft-in-218-billion-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\">nearly $22 billion program<\/a> that the Army is developing to bring night vision, thermal vision, tactical edge computing and the situational awareness of a fighter pilot down to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/08\/soldiers-marines-try-out-new-device-that-puts-mixed-reality-multiple-functions-into-warfighters-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\">lowest-level infantry soldier<\/a>. The device will likely be the most advanced single technology ever fielded exclusively to the close-combat, squad-level soldier in military history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/11\/the-army-wants-to-buy-40000-mixed-reality-goggles\/\" target=\"_blank\">5,000 IVAS 1.0 versions and another 5,000 IVAS 1.1 versions<\/a> this coming year, said Brig. Gen. Christopher Schneider, the Program Executive Office-Soldier commanding general. Previous budget reports indicate the Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/11\/the-army-wants-to-buy-40000-mixed-reality-goggles\/\" target=\"_blank\">will purchase 40,000 devices<\/a> or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combined 1.0 and 1.1 fielding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/14\/mixed-reality-goggle-program-is-trying-to-fix-a-field-of-view-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">is a delay<\/a> from the previous first unit equipped planned date of September 2022, which was delayed from another previous initial fielding planned for late 2021. But the short-term holdup is critical to ensure soldier acceptance of the device, according to Army officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schneider spoke with Army Times about the IVAS program recently, noting the new rollout plan will field the two existing versions and begin developing the IVAS 1.2 version in parallel with those first fieldlings. IVAS 1.2, which will have a new low-light sensor and hardware redesign, is scheduled to field in the fiscal year 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want to rush IVAS to the field until it\u2019s ready,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/12\/24\/despite-delay-mixed-reality-goggle-for-soldiers-marines-on-schedule-for-2022\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IVAS-sim-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Despite delay, \u2018mixed reality\u2019 goggle for soldiers, Marines on schedule for 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Developers expect the device in troops&#039; hands after further testing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will send 5,000 IVAS 1.0 devices to units in Training and Doctrine Command, such as the Maneuver Center of Excellence, for use in training, schoolhouses and experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5,000 IVAS 1.1 devices will go to not-yet-identified operational units and can be used in garrison, field training and on combat deployments. Units such as the 82nd Airborne Division, 75th Ranger Regiment and 101st Airborne Division often receive such technology first, due to their unique missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1.0 and 1.1 versions look similar from the outside. Both have night vision as good or better than most fielded systems. Both also have thermal sights in the same device, present only in one other goggle that\u2019s had limited fielding to a select group of close combat forces, the Enhanced Night Vision Device-Binocular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5952\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg 5952w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg?resize=300,226 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg?resize=768,578 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,771 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1156 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210330-A-S5438-001.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1542 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5952px) 100vw, 5952px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rangers from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment participate in new equipment training on the IVAS Capability Set 4 during tropical weather testing in Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, in March 2021. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both versions also allow for \u201cpassive targeting.\u201d This lets users identify aiming points and targets without being seen by other night vision users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we have to plan to fight a near peer threat, they\u2019re going to be equipped with night vision, too. And if you use a laser, they see a laser too,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With passive targeting, that\u2019s not a concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have no idea you\u2019re targeting them until a bullet hits them,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenge is that the IVAS is expected to be more than a night vision goggle. It\u2019s designed to provide mixed reality, information sharing, situational awareness tools and a host of other capabilities to the individual soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople think of IVAS as a night vision goggle,\u201d Schneider said. But it\u2019s more about learning \u201chow to use the cloud at the tactical edge. How to train with the device, execute missions and mission planning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the Army wants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IVAS is a standalone system that contains situational awareness tools in one package, beyond any of the Army\u2019s current systems, including Nett Warrior, a long-running soldier-borne computer in a smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device also works as a vehicle, ground or air integration tool for dismounted soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s part of ongoing work with soldiers integrating the IVAS with helicopters, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the Stryker, Brig. Gen. Larry Burris, Cross Functional Team-Soldier Lethality director and Infantry School commandant told Army Times recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers using wireless routers in the Bradley were able to see the same view as the vehicle commander, driver or gunner through their optics, Burris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the most success so far, he added, has come with the Stryker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6077\" height=\"3751\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg 6077w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg?resize=300,185 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg?resize=768,474 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,632 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,948 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1007.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1264 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6077px) 100vw, 6077px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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. (Spc. Chandler Coats\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou look around and it\u2019s as if there\u2019s no armor on the vehicle,\u201d Burris said,<b> <\/b>referencing what it\u2019s like to wear the device from the point of view of vehicle occupants. \u201cI turn my head to the right and it automatically detects the camera that\u2019s off the right side of the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in all platforms, soldiers passed data and used voice communications with the device, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That work has involved PEO-Ground Systems and the Army\u2019s Combat Capabilities Development Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the current fielding plan, Burris expects to see novel applications and get more feedback from TRADOC and operational units as they use the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mixed reality is a kind of augmented reality common now in gaming devices that places simulated objects, terrain or characters overlaid on the real world. It gives soldiers a tool only available now in laboratories or training facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That feature can be used on the fly, in a barracks parking lot, on a training range or hours before an actual mission for rehearsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2176\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2020.08.12-SiVTSIF-3.png.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division don the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during their training with the Squad Immersive Virtual Trainer (SiVT) in the Soldier Integration Facility (SIF) at Fort Belvoir, VA on 14 August 2020. (PEO Soldier\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can pipe in ISR feeds into the device, we can scan areas with the device and build 3D models,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The simulation tech is promising but still needs some work. Schneider said indoor facilities are no problem for scanning, mapping and rehearsals. But outdoor locations challenge the current technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a soldier scans an area, then a car moves, or the sun shifts and shadows change, it can alter a soldier\u2019s view. But, Schneider said, once resolved, a soldier will be able to see a computer-generated avatar that can interact with the real world. That provides a realistic training option that previously required human role players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology limits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Army still has some technical hurdles to overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current tech limitations create challenges to having both a digital low-light sensor and thermal sight in the same device with the level of data fusion, integration and information-sharing that the Army wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legacy technology, known as I2, has been developed over nearly 70 years and uses an analog, tube-based design. That is an extremely capable technology for providing night vision, Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current I2 systems, high resolution, works really well, but it doesn\u2019t allow us to share or leverage what a soldier sees,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cYou can\u2019t employ computer vision software, you can\u2019t employ (Artificial Intelligence) with the analog solution today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, thermal sights cannot see through glass, but low-light sensors can. Meanwhile, low-light sensors can\u2019t see through dust, smoke or other obscurants, but thermals can. By combining the two, users get the best of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210401-A-S5438-003.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 70 years of fine tuning, the I2 technology has nearly reached its optimum performance levels, Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradeoff is that the existing low-light sensor and camera works on digital technology. That provides a good night vision capability, to a point. But the existing camera will drop off under dark, less than quarter-moon conditions. The legacy tech can work at those levels, but it does degrade. At a certain point, the digital tech basically stops working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to replace that technology with something that\u2019s new, we think we\u2019ve finally found a digital low-light sensor that will do it,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville restated his own commitment to the program and its eventual use, providing some context from his own career as a helicopter pilot, during remarks at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Sept. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you flew back when I was flying with night vision goggles in \u201881 they were big, full-face goggles and how we flew with them, I don\u2019t know,\u201d McConville said. \u201cWe had weights in the back of our head. It was not very smart, but we weren\u2019t very smart then, we just did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The days of pushing out hard-to-use new tech are no longer the norm, the chief said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program delays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army planned to have the device to soldiers in 2021, but problems with software reliability, display warping and moisture issues paused the plan. PEO Soldier conducted additional tests through most of the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army pushed back release for additional testing, as well as some hardware and software fixes. Those included reducing the originally ambitious field of view to resolve image distortion problems. After further testing and funding approvals, the device release has again been pushed, now to 2023 with versions 1.0 and 1.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most existing night vision goggles have about a 40-degree field of view, meaning you can see about a 40-degree \u201cwedge\u201d in front of the goggle. That does not cover a user\u2019s peripheral vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IVAS and Microsoft developers of the HoloLens, the commercial device the IVAS started with, initially sought to double that to an 80-degree field of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5068\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg 5068w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg?resize=300,265 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg?resize=768,679 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,905 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1358 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/220824-A-GR811-1019.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1810 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5068px) 100vw, 5068px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from Third Platoon, Blackhorse Company, 2-3 Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting inside a Stryker armored vehicle preparing for a movement-to-contact urban raid exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., August 24, 2022. (Spc. Chandler Coats\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But image distortion required a scale back to 70 degrees, still nearly twice the existing range, officials previously told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodig.mil\/reports.html\/Article\/3007502\/audit-of-the-armys-integrated-visual-augmentation-system-dodig-2022-085\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Defense Inspector General\u2019s audit of the IVAS program<\/a>, released earlier this year, directed developers to seek more soldier input to avoid, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/22\/dod-audit-says-armys-22-billion-mixed-reality-goggle-needed-more-soldier-input\/\" target=\"_blank\">wasting up to $21.88 billion in taxpayer funds to field a system<\/a> that soldiers may not want to use or use as intended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite dozens of soldier touch points, the report noted, the Army hadn\u2019t determined how it would measure soldier acceptance of the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PEO Soldier spokesman David Patterson told Army Times shortly after the IG report released that officials recognized the importance of soldier acceptance of the goggle, but it was not the only factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldier feedback was incorporated into numerous design decisions and updates in the prototyping process, Patterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The published IG audit included soldier feedback, but those portions were redacted from the publicly released version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A test report planned for completion in October could determine the next round of funding. Members of Congress in both chamber\u2019s appropriation committees recommended cuts to the program following previous delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next funding installment in the current plan would be for more than $424 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another report on the most recent reliability fixes and anticipated changes is due in October, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IVAS 1.2 version will see a \u201cform factor\u201d redesign. The current systems use straps to fix it to the user\u2019s face and over the helmet, almost like ski goggles, 1.2 will be helmet mounted, like currently fielded night vision devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cable that in versions 1.0 and 1.1 runs down the front of the user and connects to batteries will be moved to the rear of the helmet off the user\u2019s chest and shoulder. The 1.2 version will also be slimmer and lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire IVAS 1.0 system, excluding the radio, is about 3.4 pounds. Of that, 2.4 pounds is on the soldier\u2019s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In version 1.2, developers seek to cut that total weight to 2.85 pounds or less, same or better than the ENVG-B, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4777\" height=\"3292\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg 4777w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg?resize=768,529 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,706 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1059 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201030-A-XX000-005.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1411 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4777px) 100vw, 4777px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a trench clearing exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Va. 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