Sherpa 6 supports development of future dismounted soldier systems
Sherpa 6 of Littleton, Colorado has received a $24.56 million contract from the US Army to develop a variety of technologies to support R&D concept prototypes for dismounted soldier mission command systems, particularly the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) and Nett Warrior (NW).
Bids were solicited via the internet with one received.
Sherpa 6 will carry out work on the contract in Littleton, Colorado, with an estimated completion date of 30 September 2024.
IVAS (pictured) is designed to incorporate head, body and weapon technologies to improve the situational awareness (SA) capabilities of individual soldiers. The system includes squad-level combat training capability, for repeated iterations of training and rehearsals.
NW likewise aims to augment SA for dismounted squad leaders during combat operations.
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