LI company selected to compete for $1 3 billion in battery orders to power Army augmented reality goggles newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars continue the #USArmy’s effort to modernize our fighting force!
The new ENVG-B has both night vision and thermal-sensing capabilities and “stereoscopic binocular depth perception,” providing Soldiers with an illusion of depth on a flat image, officials said.
According to 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers who field-tested the new technology, the new ENVG-B is a “game changer” providing Soldiers with a unique advantage against an adversary,
Soldiers testing the new device had a 100 percent improvement in weapons qualifications using that ENVG-B, along with a 300 percent increase in detection of targets in day and night environments, and a 30 to 50 percent decrease in the time taken to shoot a target, Hodne added.
Army to Roll Out AR Headsets by Fall meritalk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from meritalk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Army to Equip First Unit With Augmented Reality Headsets By Fall Soldier dons the Integrated Visual Augmentation System Capability Set 3 hardware while mounted on a Bradley in Joint Base Lewis-McCord. Courtney Bacon/U.S. Army Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox.
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Top Army officials told Congress the first unit will be equipped with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System headsets by the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.
The Army will begin equipping units with augmented reality headsets by the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, according to Congressional testimony by two of the service’s top officials.