Big changes coming to Army Stryker brigades 2 hours ago Army Stryker Brigade Combat teams are expected to add engineers, electronic warfare, more artillery and robot vehicles for the future fight. (Army) While many of the Army’s vehicles are expected to be replaced in the near term, upgraded versions of the existing Stryker, an infantry carrier vehicle, are expected to keep the armored eight-wheelers as the central infantry carriers until 2040 or beyond. To keep the centerpiece of mounted infantry in the fight, Col. Damien Mason, director of the Army Capability Manager Stryker Brigade Combat Team, has a running list of new technologies to insert into the platform.
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The contract is for the production and delivery of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).
IVAS headsets give soldiers access to data-driven tools in battle so they can fight better.
The US Army awarded a contract worth up to $21.9 million to Microsoft to supply soldiers with futuristic augmented reality headsets, the service and the company announced.
The Army s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset, which is based on Microsoft s HoloLens technology and for which the company initially received a $480 million contract to help develop over the past few years, is moving into the production and fielding phase. The new contract is for up to 10 years.
The US Army struck a deal worth up to $22 billion with Microsoft for these futuristic headsets soldiers will wear in combat msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.