One place to start is with the\u00a0Integrated Visual Augmentation System<\/a>, which is like a night-vision goggle that can handle navigating, targeting, heat sensing and more all in one piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt’s not just a night vision device, right? It’s a mission command solution,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Chris Schneider, head of Program Executive Office Soldier.<\/p>\n The Army would really like to have a do-it-all radio, he said, but something that doesn\u2019t require massive batteries and tons of cables to operate.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s just say you\u2019ll get more money or you\u2019ll be more competitive if your system isn\u2019t a power hog,\u201d he offered as a challenge to industry.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the\u00a0next-generation squad weapon<\/a>, whose 6.88 mm ammunition makes it heavier overall than its predecessor.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re taking a whole bunch of feedback from soldiers, real time, to improve the balance and the weight of that weapon system,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n Kiniery imagines a system that tells the rifle where to shoot.<\/p>\n \u201cNow a soldier doesn’t even have to raise his rifle up, or her rifle up, to their eye to aim and shoot something\u2014we just now reduced cognitive load,\u201d he said. \u201cWe’ve seen the target, now we’re shooting first.\u201d<\/p>\n Or, instead of a drone with a remote that requires a soldier to put down their rifle to operate, something that uses\u00a0voice-control<\/a>\u00a0instead.<\/p>\n \u201cSo every aspect of every system that a soldier has, we’re taking a hard look at every single one of them,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cSo nothing will be safe, in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n