Special Episode III - Army Modernization Progress Report: IVAS & Enhanced Night Vision Goggles- Binocular; Air & Missile Defense; and Synthetic Training Environment

Third and last in a series of episodes that are based upon the National Defense Magazine articles that track the progress of the Army Modernization priorities- based upon the former Army Chief of Staff, GEN James McConville and his statement that 24 modernization priorities will be in Soldiers' hands by the end of FY23.  In this episode- I will cover the following programs:15. Indirect Fire Protection Capability16. Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD)17. Directed Energy M-SHORAD18. Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor19. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense20. Integrated Visual Augmented System (IVAS)21. Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer22. Enhanced Night Vision Goggle- Binocular23. Squad Immersive Virtual Trainer24. Training Simulation Software/Training Management Tools/One World TerrainOverall score for all 24 programs: B+National Defense Article link: https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2023/10/3/a-snapshot-of-24-programs-the-army-promised-to-expedite