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BANC3 wins Army augmented reality contract

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Maj. Dave Edney tries on the enhanced loadmaster training module that uses augmented reality Nov. 30 during the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla. The augmented reality allows trainees to see real and virtual reality as the visual display adds different scenarios to training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons)

BANC3 has been awarded an Army contract to develop an augmented reality system.

Under the contract, part of three Army contracts for BANC3 with a total value of $15 million, the company will develop for Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (CERDEC NVESD) a “heads-up, see-through augmented reality (AR) system that issues the war fighter coordinated data and video visual from a weapon sight, a special transmitter and an Android apparatus, such as a smartphone,” according to a BANC3 announcement. “This Soldier Visual Interface Technology (SVIT) will provide better display resolution, brightness, see-through optics, full-color visualization and several wireless interfaces.”

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