House Panel Seeks Details On Army’s Plans For FVL Sensors, Scaling IVAS

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The House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee is calling on the Army toclarify its acquisition strategy to procure sensors for its Future Vertical Lift (FVL) fleet and plansto adopt augmented reality headset technology across its air and ground platforms.The subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, unanimouslyapproved on Tuesday, directs the Army to provide information on both areas by December.“The committee notes that the Army has yet to define the acquisition strategy for FVL missionequipment payloads and sensors, despite an accelerated platform development schedule,”lawmakers wrote in the markup. “The committee is concerned that without a well-definedacquisition strategy and risk reduction effort for mission equipment payloads and sensors,industry will be unable to make the investments necessary to deliver advanced capabilities ontime for FVL programs.”