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INTEGRATED VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEM The fiscal year 2022 President’s budget request for the Inte- grated Visual Augmentation System [IVAS] includes $16,633,000 in research, development, test and evaluation funding and $853,864,000 in procurement funding as the program was slated to complete its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation [IOT&E] with a subsequent full rate production decision in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021. Throughout its development process, the Army has conducted regular soldier engagements or soldier touch points [STP] that allow soldiers to test IVAS in simulated training exercises. These soldier touch points deliver real-time feedback to program officials and the prime vendor in the hope of shortening development and fielding timelines while also providing a product that the soldiers will use. Recently, after reviewing comments from STP–4, the Department of the Army updated the Committee on its decision to delay IOT&E due to technical challenges with both software and hardware. As a result, the Army is currently conducting a robust program assessment and has indicated that it intends to provide Congress an updated development plan along with new production laydown in the coming months. The Committee understands the Army remains committed to the program and is committed to seeing the technical challenges resolved prior to fielding IVAS to operational units. In light of these developments, the Committee has transferred $75,000,000 to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army to help the Army address any development shortfalls in fiscal year 2022. The Committee also proposes to reduce the procurement request by $778,864,000 without prejudice to the program while the Army conducts its review. Prior year procurement funding remains available should the Army be able to reach a production decision based on the results of future test events. The Committee directs the Program Executive Officer, Soldier, not later than 30 days following enactment of this Act, to submit a revised development plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate along with the associated resourcing requirements to resolve the existing challenges.

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