ST1 | Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, FY2020 Annual Report, "Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)," printed pp. 91-93. FY2020 report released January 2021. This is a verbatim excerpt; source is the official PDF, with a separately accessible mirror listed in SOURCES.csv.

"In 1QFY20, the Army executed Soldier Touchpoint (STP) 2 to assess Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Capability Set (CS) 2 prototypes in an operational environment."

"CS 2 prototypes demonstrated increased capability from CS 1, including the ability to integrate GPS, tactical radios, and rapid target acquisition (RTA); fuse low-light and thermal imagery; and simultaneously operate up to 50 systems within squad and platoon exercises."

"Conventional soldiers and marines responded favorably to the perceived usefulness of CS 2. Special Forces and Army Rangers responded favorably to person of interest identification, text translation, and squad reconnaissance capabilities. They did not consider most CS 2 capabilities to be an improvement over their current thermal, low-light, and GPS equipment and capabilities."

"Performance problems with GPS, imagery sensors, and RTA integration were noted during STP 2."

"The Army received 50 systems in March 2019."
"The Army received 300 systems in October 2019."
"The Army received 600 systems in September 2020."
"The Army expects to receive 1,600 systems in April 2021 to support the initial operational test."

"Since STP 2 was an experiment with prototype systems, the Army did not submit the STP plan to DOT&E for approval."

"Warfighters commented on suitability issues with CS 2 IVAS prototypes to include: light discipline, lens fogging, discomfort during extended usage, and poor interoperability with current tactical combat gear were noted in warfighter comments."

"DOT&E plans to use data from company-level force-on-force operations and squad-level live fire to evaluate whether a unit equipped with IVAS is more lethal than a unit that does not have IVAS."

"The Army Test and Evaluation Strategy is in draft. The Army intends to submit the Test and Evaluation Strategy to DOT&E for approval."

"Complete a Test and Evaluation Strategy to outline what information is required to support full-rate production and rapid fielding decisions. Determine which developmental and operational test efforts are required to supply data for an evaluation."

"Improve HUD light emissions, low-light cameras, thermal sensors, GPS accuracy, software reliability, rapid target acquisition integration, and TAK software integration."