Future of the US Army’s IVAS programme remains unknown
Soldier equipped with an IVAS 1.2 system (Photo: US Army)
Despite recently releasing an Request for Information (RfI) under the IVAS programme, it remains unclear if the US Army will recompete the initiative.
The next steps of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) programme remain unclear after the US Army issued an RfI seeking industry information regarding their capabilities to develop and manufacture the Next IVAS system as a prime contractor.
Although the branch identified several issues with the goggles supplied by Microsoft, it has yet to be confirmed if it will recompete this effort.
The service stated in the RfI that it did not “constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future”. The branch also added that there was no solicitation in place for IVAS
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