The Army's acquisition chief called the 1.2 redesign the “right direction” but said “were it not to work out, we’d likely just do a new competition, perhaps with somewhat different requirements.”
Two key program managers tell Breaking Defense the future pathway for the program - and reveal that the Army has not fielded a single 1.0 version of the heads-up display because it doesn't have the funding and hasn’t decided where those devices should be sent.
The service now plans to field the IVAS 1.0 in August, two years later than initially expected, while also working with the company on a hardware redesign to alleviate physical problems soldiers experience while wearing the device for newer versions.
The Iraqi Air Defence Command (IADC) had held an inauguration ceremony for its first Thales Ground Master 403 (GM403) long-range air surveillance radar, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 11 September. Iraq's first Thales GM403 air s.