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Product Manager Soldier Maneuver Sensors Holds Change of Charter Ceremony
June 26, 2023 — Product Manager, Soldier Maneuver Sensors (PdM SMS) held a change of charter ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army on Fort Belvoir, June 22... MORE

Lt. Col. Christian Hasbach accepts the Army Acquisition Corps flag from Col. Anthony Gibbs, Project Manager Soldier Warrior, during a Product Manager Soldier Maneuver Sensors (PdM SMS) change of charter ceremony held on Fort Belvoir, June 22. Hasbach assumed leadership as product manager from Lt. Col. Melissa Johnson, accepting responsibility for the total life cycle management of SMS programs. PdM SMS is a product management office within the Program Executive Office, Soldier (PEO Soldier) portfolio, with a mission to rapidly deliver integrated sensors that enable the Soldier system to detect and engage first against all threats. (U.S. Army Photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)

Project Manager Soldier Warrior Welcomes Col. Anthony Gibbs as New Leader
May 30, 2023 — On May 25th, Program Executive Officer (PEO) Soldier officially announced Col. Anthony Gibbs as the new project manager of Project Manager Soldier Warrior (PM SWAR) at a change of charter ceremony at a crowded Veterans Hall at the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir. ... MORE

Col. Anthony Gibbs receives the Army Acquisition Corps flag from Brig. Gen. Christopher Schneider, signifying his assumption as Project Manager Soldier Warrior, during a change of charter ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, May, 25, 2023. (U.S. Army Photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)

Air Warrior’s Silver Star Recipient
May 26, 2023 — Silver Star recipient Donald Harp has dedicated the past 55 years of his life to service to this country. Now a logistician with Program Deputy Manager Air Warrior, he is one of the last remaining Vietnam War veterans still working for PEO Soldier... MORE

Silver Star recipient Donald Harp has dedicated the past 55 years of his life to service to this country.

Consolidation of Product Offices Marks Historic Transition for Next Generation Weapons Portfolio
May 24, 2023 — PEO Soldier Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL) marked a significant milestone in the management of its next-generation weapons portfolio with the consolidation of the Product Manager Next Generation Weapons Office and the Product Manager Individual Weapons Office into a single Product Management Office, the name of which will be announced at a later date. The consolidation ceremony, held at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, emphasized the importance of adapting the organizational structure to effectively oversee evolving weapon systems. The consolidation ensures the Army's ability to provide the most capable small arms weapons to its close combat force... MORE

Lt. Col. Micah Rue grasps a flag during a recent consolidation ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey May 24, 2023, signifying his acceptance of the duty and responsibilities of the Product Manager of the newly merged Product Management Office.

Project Manager Soldier Warrior’s Vuille Reflects on Career as a Quality Assurance Professional
May 19, 2023 — For over four decades, Alison Vuille has helped direct the quality assurance process for the Army’s sensors, goggles, night vision devices and numerous other platforms and programs. Vuille has spent the last two decades improving the PEO Soldier portfolio. She currently leads the Quality Assurance section of the Project Manager Soldier Warrior (PM SWAR) Quality Assurance-Test Directorate. In recent years, she helped refine the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B), Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) and the Family of Weapons Sights (FWS) as these products moved through development, production, testing, and fielding... MORE

Vuille has performed quality assurance on the Family of Weapons Sights (FWS) (FWS-Crew Served pictured)

IVAS Integrates with Armored Vehicles
May 9, 2023 — The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is a single platform featuring a day/night, all-weather fighting goggle and a mixed reality headset that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools and high-resolution simulations to provide Soldiers with unprecedented capabilities in combat environments... MORE

Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Blackhorse Company, 2-3 Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting atop Stryker armored vehicles preparing for a movement-to-contact urban raid exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., August 24, 2022. The exercise was part of a two-day demonstration event hosted by the Program Executive Office of Ground Combat Systems with the aim of integrating soldier feedback into the development of new military combat technology. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Chandler Coats, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Army moving forward with Next Generation Squad Weapon program
March 15, 2023 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Army continues its rigorous testing and evaluation of small arms systems to meet their requirements and deliver increased lethality to the Soldier... MORE

The Army continues its rigorous testing and evaluation of small arms systems to meet their requirements and deliver increased lethality to the Soldier.

IVAS’ Campaign of Learning Ensures Development, Production and Fielding Remain on Track
March 14, 2023 — The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) will change the way Soldiers fight, rehearse, and train. IVAS is a single platform featuring a day/night, all-weather fighting goggle and a mixed reality heads-up display that integrates next-generation situational awareness tools and high-resolution simulations to provide Soldiers with improved mobility and lethality in combat environments... MORE

An “Airborne” Soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 82nd Airborne Division, conducting individual tactical live fire during Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) operational testing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo Credit: Mr. Nicholas Robertson, Visual Information Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command)

Artic Angels Equipped with Newest Extreme Cold Weather Gear
March 1, 2023 — The Army has delivered on its promise to begin providing our Arctic Warriors with state-of-the-art cold weather clothing that excels in the most extreme of cold weather environments. Project Manager Soldier Survivability (PM-SSV) began fielding the Cold Temperature and Artic Protection Systems (CTAPS), to the 11th Airborne Division at Ft. Wainwright and Anchorage, AK on February 13, 2023... MORE

Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment fits and issues Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection Systems (CTAPS) to a soldier with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division in Ft. Wainwright, AK. Feb. 16, 2023. CTAPS allows war fighters to effectively operate and sustain combat operations in extreme conditions.

MAJ Shawn Jones, Assistant Product Manager, Integration, Product Manager Ground Soldier Systems
March 1, 2023 — Maj. Shawn Jones, Assistant Product Manager, Integration, Product Manager Ground Soldier Systems (PdM GSS), is deeply involved with the development of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)... MORE

FORT BENNING, Ga-BG Christopher Schneider attends the Airborne school graduation ceremony to support MAJ Shawn Jones and his family, Jan 27, 2023.

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