Marty Kauchak

This is another in a series of brief articles on simulation and training (S&T) developments in the global military vehicle space. Two parallel developments are keeping crewed wheeled- and tracked armor vehicles relevant beyond this decade.

Remember the US Army’s IVAS (Next) program? Our followers will recall the service tabbed Microsoft’s commercially available HoloLens 2 heads-up display for the IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmentation System) program and eventually awarded the company a 10-year, $22 billion production deal. IVAS was envisioned to be the service’s MR capability suitable for operations and virtual training, including in conditions of darkness. Numerous missteps, technical issues and other impediments plagued the program.

This is another in a series of how simulation & training industry companies and their customers are teaming to expand the rigor and quality of learning (training and education) programs – a “how to” insight on the build of the system, product or service from concept through current implementation status. The previous article in the series was a glance at an evolving program in the civil aviation training enterprise.