Army Planning Next IVAS Demo For July To Inform Low-Rate Production Decision, Final Touchpoint In Spring 2021...Conflicting Information. General Potts says CR is an obstacle to funding for IVAS. General Gervais maintains IVAS will be funded even in event of a CR. Army stovepiped as usual.

The IVAS development process has re-focused PEO-Soldier’s approach to acquisition, according to Potts, around design iteration and sharing increased data with vendors to improve development feedback.

“We have to listen. When a soldier says this sucks, it may not be technical, but it has great meaning,” Potts said. “Our number one factor that we evaluate, going forward with IVAS, is do soldiers love it. We could spend a lot of money building something that meets every single one of our requirements, but if the soldiers don’t love it and they won’t wear it then we have wasted our government’s dollars.”

Potts cited an example where his team adjusted a goal for IVAS to see distances of 900 meters because the requirement would have resulted in a bulkier headset that decreased soldiers’ peripheral vision. PEO-Soldier adjusted the system to see 300 meters ahead while doubling the field of view to 80 degrees.

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