The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is an augmented reality headset being developed by Microsoft for the United States Army. It is intended to improve situational awareness by overlaying sensor imagery and other information on the soldier's field of view.

The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) provides a single platform that allows the Soldier to Fight, Rehearse, and Train. It leverages tactical Mixed Reality to increase the...

Aug 1, 2023 · — Last week, the Army accepted delivery of the first 20 prototypes of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System 1.2 variant. The milestone is the latest step in the process of getting the...

2 days ago · A soldier wearing an IVAS headset. Anduril. Ten years after Time featured Palmer Luckey wearing an Oculus Rift headset on its cover, he has posed with a new Integrated Visual Augmentation System ...

IVAS is a Middle Tier of Acquisition program with variants in both the rapid fielding (IVAS 1.0 and 1.1) and prototyping phases (IVAS 1.2), intended to equip over 100,000 soldiers in the close combat force.

IVAS is intended to enhance collective lethality through the combination of improved communication, mobility, mission command, and marksmanship.

IVAS includes a heads-up display (HUD), body-worn computer (puck), networked radio, and three conformal batteries for each soldier. The system includes an advanced battery charger for each platoon and a tactical cloud computing capability, known as Bloodhound, for each company.

Mar 13, 2024 · The Army is requesting $255 million in fiscal 2025 to buy more of the latest variant of Microsoft’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System, as the service gears up for operational testing. That amount would go toward procuring 3,162 IVAS 1.2 heads-up-display systems, according to newly released budget justification documents.

Dec 29, 2023 · The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, is a helmet-mounted combined night vision/thermal augmented reality and situational awareness tool the service is funding to the tune of...

3 days ago · Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries, a leader in defense technology, today announced an expanded partnership to drive the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program.