The Army has a history of big ideas that accomplished nothing apart from wasting money, having endless meetings, endless powerpoint where the sub-text was always "what I'm working on is revolutionary and will ensure the defense of the nation for 100s of years but it is going to cost and the cost will always go up because we are this close to the solution"...

 IVAS is one of those and it looks it's a goner. The Army's great project has been to try to find a way to turn one soldier into a squad, one squad into a platoon etc. It ain't working. It's "on the ropes" and it makes me happy. The Army has to take a hard look at itself and admit that recruitment is down for a reason and the druggies and HS Dropout they sign up are not up to the job. They can't solve that problem, they can't beat inflation, they can't win on retention and living conditions and they can't win with a headset that makes people sick. 

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Looking at modernization today, “specifically, we've already walked away from ERCA, FARA, which was promoted as the Army's number one priority — the aircraft has been gutted. That's gone.” Additionally, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System program “is on the ropes,” as are “many other items. So, where do we end up with this?”

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2024/8/15/strained-army-budget-leaves-experts-wary-of-modernization-projects