US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is monitoring emerging technologies and weapons under development by the Army’s Future Command and is interested in the new Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

James Smith, USSOCOM’s acquisition czar, briefed reporters during this year’s virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (vSOFIC) about ongoing acquisition efforts inside the special forces community and that the command is eyeing the army’s effort to modify Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 headset.

“IVAS is going to be a game changer for USSOCOM [and] for our operators,” he said on 13 May. “The army’s applying more resources to that than we can afford, it’s almost my entire [research, development, test and evaluation] budget.”

US Army soldiers using their IVAS HUD, based on the Microsoft HoloLens, during a test event.