Cut the cables, lighten the load. How this Army system aims to power your weapons and make kit smarter

The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, is a mixed reality device still being developed that close combat forces could use as a combined navigation, day/night vision, target acquisition and data delivery headset.

Early prototypes are using the Microsoft HoloLens hardware, currently being used for video gaming, simulation and engineering tasks by civilian users. The eventual product developers hope will be no larger than a pair of sunglasses.

But to make that happen, the IVAS and other items will need to have a way to connect to each other wirelessly and also to other devices, soldiers and even other units.

Oh, and it will have to plug and play nicely with large platform systems such as Bradleys, Strykers, Black Hawks and anything else a dismounted soldier might ride in during the fight.

The first, basic set of IVAS is expected to be delivered by January. Though it won’t field until late 2021, Potts said.

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